INTRODUCTION We are interested in designing mobile social computing systems for the next billion users. Our aim is to create systems that are appropriate (and appropriable) within their social, cultural, infrastructural, economic, and political settings. In this paper, we discuss our emerging work on mobile applications and the social computing approach that underlies it. We note the growing in...

The post 9/11 Western World has been heavily marked by a near nearparanoid emphasis on the catastrophic threats posed by so-called cyber terrorism. Such cyber terror attacks, however, have, so far, been noticeable by their absence. At the same time a much more hidden, but increasingly pervasive form of forced demodernisation state infrastructural warfare is emerging as a central component of co...

abstract nowadays, cities and communities have been established in places where are exposed to different disasters or due to technological progress are exposed to man-made incidents. the view to disaster management and urban management has been changed from response and mitigation to resilience and bounce back. resilience is a new concept which was introduced by hollings (1979) in ecology. this...

Editorial Board Eric Britton, Managing Director, EcoPlan International, The Centre for Technology & Systems Stud ies, 10 rue Joseph Bara, 75006 Paris, France. Paul Tra nter , Senior Lecturer, School of Geography & Oceanography, Un iversity College, Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra ACT 2600, Australia. John Ho we, Professor of Transportation En gineering & Head of Infrastructural En gi...

Ghana's Decentralization Policy has made significant contribution in infrastructural implementation and delivery through Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies as an alternative development strategy to ensure the implementation of the overall national agenda. To date, many systems and strategies have been implemented towards improving development of infrastructure at the local governme...