Nowadays, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) appear as important management tools in regard to planning, decision-making help and monitoring of policies. This paper relates the development of such a tool and aimed to identify and select various tools necessary for the development of a reliable and effective system. In order to meet needs, we set an organizational planning throughout the life ...

In urban and suburban areas, stormwater runoff is a primary stressor on surface waters. Conventional urban stormwater drainage systems often route runoff directly to streams and rivers, thus exacerbating pollutant inputs and hydrologic disturbance, and resulting in the degradation of ecosystem structure and function. Decentralized stormwater management tools, such as low impact development (LID...

Purpose This study analyzed the project outcomes to share lessons regarding the development of an emergency medicine education system in Vietnam. Methods Retrospective evaluation was implemented using project outcome indicators. Results A total of 13 training courses were administered, with the collaboration of international experts in Korea and Vietnam. A total of 23 kinds of emergency med...

Purpose – This study aims to explore the barriers to implementation of ISO 9000 in China, and to identify how these barriers can be overcome. Design/methodology/approach – Using a structural questionnaire survey, this paper examines the main barriers for enterprises in effective implementation of the ISO 9001 standard. Findings – This paper highlights the problems in implementing the standard, ...

E-government implementation has received extra attention as a new way to increase the development of a country. International organizations such as the ITU and the United Nations provide strategic guidance to overcome the challenges of ICT use. Yet, the development of ICT use in developing countries is still very low. Researchers are contributing to support successful implementation with models...

Information technology (IT) benefits are often indirect and are not easy to demonstrate. Often the problem associated with IT investments magnifies because IT-enabled benefits tend to dissipate over time. In this paper we develop the concept of sustainable IT-enabled benefits. First we develop the concept of sustainability as it applies to IT. Following that, we base our conceptual framework to...