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Information, Models, and Sustainability

Policy Informatics in the Age of Big Data and Open Government

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Editors:
  1. Jing Zhang

    1. Worcester, USA

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  2. Luis Felipe Luna-Reyes

    1. University at Albany, Albany, NY, USA, San Andrés Cholula, Puebla, Mexico

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  3. Theresa A. Pardo

    1. Albany, USA

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  4. Djoko S. Sayogo

    1. Albany, USA

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  • Analyzes the emerging field of policy informatics, with a focus on public policies for sustainability
  • Investigates the impact of advancements in computer and communication technology, modeling and visualization tools and methods in transforming the roles of government
  • Provides research on the development of open government, including policy that enables sharing of data and information with the public such as open data and smart disclosure policies?

Part of the book series: Public Administration and Information Technology (PAIT, volume 20)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Information, Policy, and Sustainability: The Role of Information Technology in the Age of Big Data and Open Government

    • Jing Zhang, Luis F. Luna-Reyes, Theresa A. Pardo
    Pages 1-19

  3. “Reading the Minds” for Quantitative Sustainability: Assessing Stakeholder Mental Models via Probabilistic Text Analysis

    • Matteo Convertino, Rafael Munoz-Carpena, Carolina Murcia
    Pages 21-38

  4. Environmental Performance or Productivity Loss?

    • Shital Sharma
    Pages 39-66

  5. Supply-Chain Transparency and Governance Systems: Market Penetration of the I-Choose System

    • Weijia Ran, Holly Jarman, Luis F. Luna-Reyes, Jing Zhang, Deborah Andersen, Giri Tayi et al.
    Pages 67-92

  6. Green Government Procurement: Decision-Making with Rough Set, TOPSIS, and VIKOR Methodologies

    • Chunguang Bai, Joseph Sarkis
    Pages 93-120

  7. Enhancing the Usability of Climate Information and Models Through Stakeholder Engagement

    • Elizabeth Allen, Jennie C. Stephens
    Pages 121-135

  8. Do Open Data Initiatives Promote and Sustain Transparency? A Comparative Analysis of Open Budget Portals in Developing Countries

    • Jyldyz Kasymova, Marco Aurelio Marques Ferreira, Suzanne J. Piotrowski
    Pages 137-155

  9. On Sustaining Sustainability: The Case of Implementing Decisions Based on Policies for a Sustainable Future via Tablets in a Board of a Swedish Housing Corporation

    • Jenny Eriksson Lundström, Mats Edenius
    Pages 157-180
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About this book

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.​

Editors and Affiliations

  • Worcester, USA

    Jing Zhang

  • University at Albany, Albany, NY, USA, San Andrés Cholula, Puebla, Mexico

    Luis Felipe Luna-Reyes

  • Albany, USA

    Theresa A. Pardo, Djoko S. Sayogo

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Information, Models, and Sustainability

  • Book Subtitle: Policy Informatics in the Age of Big Data and Open Government

  • Editors: Jing Zhang, Luis Felipe Luna-Reyes, Theresa A. Pardo, Djoko S. Sayogo

  • Series Title: Public Administration and Information Technology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25439-5

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-25437-1Published: 08 April 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-79790-8Published: 19 April 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-25439-5Published: 30 March 2016

  • Series ISSN: 2512-1812

  • Series E-ISSN: 2512-1839

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 180

  • Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations, 11 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Public Administration, Innovation/Technology Management, Political Science

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