Sustainable e-governance: The relationship among trust, digital divide, and E-government

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 6049-6069

  Myeong, Seunghwan ^a   Kwon, Yongmin ^a   Seo, Hyungjun ^a  

^a Inha University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Digital divide; Ict; Trust in government

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; METROPOLITAN AREA; STAKEHOLDER; STATE ROLE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

SEOUL [SOUTH KOREA]; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 84907923391     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su6096049     Document Type: Article

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