TY - GEN
T1 - A fragile link
T2 - 2006 International Conference on Information and Communication Technology and Development, ICTD 2006
AU - Maitland, Carleen F.
AU - Pogrebnyakov, Nicolai
AU - Van Gorp, Annemijn F.
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - When disasters strike and aid agencies pour in to help the survivors they are increasingly making use of advanced information and communication technologies (ICTs). For remote areas of developing countries, this use of ICTs may be the community's first exposure to these technologies. And while the role of these ICTs is primarily linked to disaster response and recovery, in certain situations they can be transitioned for use in development programs. This paper discusses the crucial factors in design and deployment of relief ICTs that are likely to influence their ultimate use as tools for development. Derived from cases developed through secondary data, the factors are broken into those related to communication technology transfer and those related to information technology transfer. The theoretical and practical implications of these findings are also discussed.
AB - When disasters strike and aid agencies pour in to help the survivors they are increasingly making use of advanced information and communication technologies (ICTs). For remote areas of developing countries, this use of ICTs may be the community's first exposure to these technologies. And while the role of these ICTs is primarily linked to disaster response and recovery, in certain situations they can be transitioned for use in development programs. This paper discusses the crucial factors in design and deployment of relief ICTs that are likely to influence their ultimate use as tools for development. Derived from cases developed through secondary data, the factors are broken into those related to communication technology transfer and those related to information technology transfer. The theoretical and practical implications of these findings are also discussed.
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U2 - 10.1109/ICTD.2006.301873
DO - 10.1109/ICTD.2006.301873
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:47649116566
SN - 1424404851
SN - 9781424404858
T3 - 2006 International Conference on Information and Communication Technology and Development, ICTD2006
SP - 339
EP - 346
BT - 2006 International Conference on Information and Communication Technology and Development, ICTD 2006
Y2 - 25 May 2006 through 26 May 2006
ER -