TY - GEN
T1 - Towards a socio-technical framework for bridging the digital divide in rural emergency preparedness and response
T2 - 20th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research: Governance in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, dg.o 2019
AU - Gasco-Hernandez, Mila
AU - Zheleva, Mariya
AU - Bogdanov, Petko
AU - Ramon Gil-Garcia, J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2019/6/18
Y1 - 2019/6/18
N2 - In rural areas, emergency preparedness and response (ERP) could be greatly affected by the lack of access to technology and the Internet and, therefore, to timely and accurate information about a natural or human-made disaster. This paper proposes a socio-technical framework that integrates a potential technology solution, with optimization methods, and strategies for user adoption. We argue that in order to bridge the digital divide in rural ERP, all these factors need to be systematically considered and integrated into a comprehensive framework, which could guide potential implementation.
AB - In rural areas, emergency preparedness and response (ERP) could be greatly affected by the lack of access to technology and the Internet and, therefore, to timely and accurate information about a natural or human-made disaster. This paper proposes a socio-technical framework that integrates a potential technology solution, with optimization methods, and strategies for user adoption. We argue that in order to bridge the digital divide in rural ERP, all these factors need to be systematically considered and integrated into a comprehensive framework, which could guide potential implementation.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85068588910
U2 - 10.1145/3325112.3325217
DO - 10.1145/3325112.3325217
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85068588910
T3 - ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
SP - 362
EP - 369
BT - Proceedings of the 20th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research
A2 - Chen, Yu-Che
A2 - Salem, Fadi
A2 - Zuiderwijk, Anneke
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
Y2 - 18 June 2019 through 20 June 2019
ER -