Challenges facing e-government and smart sustainable city: An arab region perspective

Proceedings of the European Conference on e-Government, ECEG

Volumn 2015-January, Issue , 2015, Pages 396-402

  Ibrahim, Maysoun ^a   Al Nasrawi, Sukaina ^a   El Zaart, Ali ^a   Adams, Carl ^b  

^a BEIRUT ARAB UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arab region; Challenges; E Government; ICT; Smart sustainable city

Indexed keywords

FACINGS; INFORMATION SERVICES; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES;

ARAB REGION; CHALLENGES; E-GOVERNMENTS; ICT; SUSTAINABLE CITIES;

GOVERNMENT DATA PROCESSING;

EID: 84940867126     PISSN: 20491034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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