Springer On Line Citizenship: Emerging Technologies for European Cities

On Line Citizenship discusses the evolutionary trends of cities in terms of e-government in the present and future technological scenario. The focus is on the transformation of the relationships between city administrations and citizens due to Information and Communication Technology. On a broad perspective, the book intends to present opportunities and threats in the development of on line citizenship in the framework of the European Union. On Line Citizenship gathers original contributions and documents presented at the International Conference On Line Citizenship - Emerging Technologies for European Cities promoted by Telecities-Eurocities and the City of Venice in co-operation with Venice International University and sponsored by SUN Microsystems, held in Venice, May 30-31, 2003. The work is complemented by multimedia presentations and speeches from the conference, available at http://it.sun.com/eventi/online_citizenship (reserved area). Review From the reviews: "The book collects the papers presented at the International Conference on On Line Citizenship, held in Venice, Italy, in May 2003. … the book introduces a novel way to look at e-Government issues, more focused on local participation stemming from the experiences of some European cities. Some technical details about the presented projects are discussed, together with interesting political and sociological considerations, thus making the book relevant to a broad audience … ." (Massimo Mecella, Journal of E-Government, Vol. 2 (3), 2005) From the Back Cover On Line Citizenship discusses the evolutionary trends of cities in terms of e-government in the present and future technological scenario. The focus is on the transformation of the relationships between city administrations and citizens due to Information and Communication Technology. On a broad perspective, the book intends to present opportunities and threats in the development of on line citizenship in the framework of the European Union.  On Line Citizenship gathers original contributions and documents presented at the International Conference On Line Citizenship - Emerging Technologies for European Cities promoted by Telecities-Eurocities and the City of Venice in co-operation with Venice International University and sponsored by SUN Microsystems, held in Venice, May 30-31 2003. The book presents e-government issues from an institutional as well as a practical point of view through the contributions of distinguished authors representative of the European Union, the European network of cities (Telecities) and the Italian Government.  On Line Citizenship offers an innovative approach in the analysis of technology's  evolutionary paths in e-government through a comparison with e-business trends. About the Author Eleonora Di Maria, Ph.D. in organization and business management, is senior research at the TeDIS Center, Venice International University. She is researcher at the University of Padova and she also collaborates with Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. Her research interests focus on the impacts of information technologies on economic developments and on the evolution of local systems and cities related to ICT. Stefano Micelli is associate professor of business management at the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and Director of the TeDIS Center (Center for Studies on Technologies in Distributed Intelligence Systems), Venice International University. He is author of many articles and books focused on the impacts of ICT on firms and local manufacturing systems of SMEs.