Information, Models, and Sustainability: Policy Informatics in the Age of Big Data and Open Government (1st ed. 2016) (Public Administration and Information Technology #20)
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- Synopsis
- This book reflects on the emerging trends, development, and challenges of policy on sustainability using information technology, and provides valuable insights to both research and practice communities. Sustainability has become an important focus for government, civil society and the corporate community world-wide. Growing interest in addressing environmental deterioration and associated social inequality and economic challenges is shifting focus to this important issue. The lack of fresh water and arable land, extreme weather, rising cost of relying on fossil fuels, and poverty and regional instability, are drawing attention to the need for government intervention and policy instruments that encourage the development of sustainable alternatives. Governments can play a very important role in facilitating sustainable development through better public policies. First of all, public investments can be directed toward establishing incentives for renewable energy, energy efficiency, sustainable agriculture, and land and water conservation, or toward leveling the field for sustainable alternatives by phasing out the subsidies directed to unsustainable production and development. Second, regulatory and pricing mechanisms could help with the development of markets for sustainable products. This book engages policy informatics analytical and modeling approaches, stakeholder engagement in policy development, implementation and evaluation, and big data and policy informatics to generate valuable insights in the policy on sustainable energy, and will be on interest to researchers in public administration and sustainability, open data and information technology ecological economics.
- Copyright:
- 2016
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- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9783319254395
- Related ISBNs:
- 9783319254371
- Publisher:
- Springer International Publishing
- Date of Addition:
- 09/13/19
- Copyrighted By:
- Springer International Publishing, Cham
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Business and Finance, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Politics and Government
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- This is a copyrighted book.
- Edited by:
- Jing Zhang
- Edited by:
- Luis Felipe Luna-Reyes
- Edited by:
- Theresa A. Pardo
- Edited by:
- Djoko Sigit Sayogo
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