Toward the regulation of ubiquitous mobile government: A case study on location-based emergency services in Australia

Electronic Commerce Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 31-74

  Aloudat, Anas ^a   Michael, Katina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Emergency management; Location based services; Mobile government; Regulation

Indexed keywords

CIVIL DEFENSE; EMERGENCY SERVICES; LOCATION; RISK MANAGEMENT; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES;

AUSTRALIA; BUSHFIRES; CASE-STUDIES; EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT; EMERGENCY WARNINGS; LOCATION BASED; LOCATION-BASED SERVICES; MOBILE GOVERNMENTS; NATIONAL EMERGENCIES; REGULATION;

LOCATION BASED SERVICES;

EID: 78650747049     PISSN: 13895753     EISSN: 15729362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10660-010-9070-0     Document Type: Article

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