[IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology] Collaborative Networks for a Sustainable World Volume 336 || A Mediation Information System to Help to Coordinate the Response to a Crisis

✍ Scribed by Camarinha-Matos, Luis M.; Boucher, Xavier; Afsarmanesh, Hamideh

• Book ID: 121508104
• Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 293 KB
• Edition: 1
• Category: Article
• ISBN: 3642159613
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-15961-9_20

✦ Synopsis

Collaborative Networks for a Sustainable World Aiming to reach a sustainable world calls for a wider collaboration among multiple stakeholders from different origins, as the changes needed for sustainability exceed the capacity and capability of any individual actor. In recent years there has been a growing awareness both in the political sphere and in civil society including the bu- ness sectors, on the importance of sustainability. Therefore, this is an important and timely research issue, not only in terms of systems design but also as an effort to b- row and integrate contributions from different disciplines when designing and/or g- erning those systems. The discipline of collaborative networks especially, which has already emerged in many application sectors, shall play a key role in the implemen- tion of effective sustainability strategies. PRO-VE 2010 focused on sharing knowledge and experiences as well as identi- ing directions for further research and development in this area. The conference - dressed models, infrastructures, support tools, and governance principles developed for collaborative networks, as important resources to support multi-stakeholder s- tainable developments. Furthermore, the challenges of this theme open new research directions for CNs. PRO-VE 2010 held in St.