Implications of spatial and physical structures for ICT as a tool of urban management and development in Cameroon

Njoh, Ambe J.

doi:10.1016/j.habitatint.2011.06.006

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“…The findings on income and education levels are consistent with previous findings on household use of digital technologies ( see Njoh, 2012; Myovella et al. , 2021).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 91%

Digitalisation for whom: the determinants of residents' use of the digital property address system in Accra, Ghana

Frimpong¹,

Mensah

Okyere

et al. 2022

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PurposeThere is an emerging digital turn in urban management in Africa, undergirded by efforts to address the challenges of rapid urbanisation. To ensure that this digitalisation agenda contributes to smart and sustainable communities, there is a need to trace residents' use of emerging digital technologies and address any impediments to broader utilisation. To this end, this paper aims to examine the determinants of residents' use of Ghana's digital property address system (DPAS) in suburban communities in Accra.Design/methodology/approachDrawing on a detailed literature review of digital technologies and the factors that affect their use, this paper uses data from a cross-sectional survey of three suburban communities in Accra. A binary logistic regression model was then utilised to identify the significant factors that affect residents' use of the DPAS.FindingsThe findings showed that socioeconomic, housing, and psychosocial factors were the main determinants of residents' use of the DPAS. Specifically, house ownership, education and expected benefits had a positive relationship with residents' use of the DPAS. Findings highlight the need for urban policymakers to pay attention to systemic issues in Ghana's digital culture to ensure that digitalisation initiatives do not widen the digital divide and thus impede progress towards smart and sustainable urban development goals.Originality/valueThe growing scholarship on digitalisation in Africa has emphasised conditions, potentials and challenges in deploying digital technologies with little attention to the determinants of residents' use of these technologies. This paper contributes to filling this knowledge gap by bringing foundational issues critical to engendering equitable digitalisation agenda in Ghanaian cities and beyond.

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“…The findings on income and education levels are consistent with previous findings on household use of digital technologies ( see Njoh, 2012; Myovella et al. , 2021).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 91%

Digitalisation for whom: the determinants of residents' use of the digital property address system in Accra, Ghana

Frimpong¹,

Mensah

Okyere

et al. 2022

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“…Consistently, available data (Livsey, 2016;Njoh, 2012;Ogunmakin, 2018 May) have shown that ICT helps to advance Western and Asian countries, while African countries still experience a lag in its implementation, and this continues to widen the digital and knowledge gaps. In a bid to solve this digital divide syndrome, the Association of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (AVCNU) held a workshop on the Strategies for ICT Development and access to more affordable internet bandwidth for universities, research and higher educational institutions in Nigeria on 26 th February, 2008 (Chafe, 2010), and it identified major impediments to the integration of ICT in Nigerian universities' systems as follows: (1) High cost of internet bandwidth: is responsible for lack of adequate interconnectivity between universities and other institutions, which prevents effective communication and resource-sharing.…”

Section: Constraints Of Ict Integration In Nigerian Universitiesmentioning

confidence: 79%

“…ICT has been defined as any device, system and facility that can be employed to collect, process, store and diffuse information (Njoh, 2012). While using ICT in learning, or e-learning has been defined as "learning through electronic devices such as desktop/ laptop computers, CD/DVD players, etc."…”

Section: Informationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…ICTs such as computer (Ibrahim et al, 2017) and telecommunication technology, especially the internet, are employed to bridge the information and knowledge divide between the technologically-affluent and the technologically-poor. Having access to the digital highways not only helps improve access to education opportunities but also increases transparency and efficiency in government services, enhance direct participation from the 'used-to-be-silent students' in the democratic process, increase teaching and learning opportunities, enhance student community empowerment by giving a voice to voiceless groups (e.g., students with disability challenges), access to medical information for isolated cases and increase new horizons of learning (Livsey, 2016;Mayo & Servaes, 1994;Njoh, 2012).…”

Section: Icts For Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Adoption of Information and Communication Technology to Enhance Veterinary Pharmacology Education in Nigerian Universities

Ibrahim

Mohammed

2019

j.info

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In resource-constraint countries like Nigeria, it is envisaged that the adoption of information and communication technology (ICT) in veterinary pharmacology education at university level can enhance both quality knowledge delivery and improve students’ performance as well as ICT use skills. The literature consistently demonstrates that exposure to variety of digital and online educational resources and facilities encourages critical thinking among the students and enhance their independent problem-solving capabilities. It is long overdue cost-effective and efficient technology systems suitable for e-learning and teaching in Nigerian university education system, particularly in veterinary pharmacology academic context are explored. Emphasis should be placed on audio-visual e-learning systems such as large screen computer, digital projector and whiteboard in addition to constant power supply and Wi-Fi internet service. Being a medical course, veterinary pharmacology education will be immense enhanced if digital collaborative research and education systems are provided. To achieve this objective, relevant software and applications tailored to veterinary pharmacology students’ specific needs in the e-education process are strongly recommended given the rapid innovations in the ICT sector, which is increasingly making both hardwater and software more affordable and user-friendly.Di negara-negara dengan keterbatasan sumber daya seperti Nigeria, diperkirakan adopsi teknologi informasi dan komunikasi (TIK) dalam pendidikan farmakologi veteriner di tingkat universitas dapat meningkatkan penyampaian pengetahuan yang berkualitas dan dapat meningkatkan kinerja siswa serta keterampilan penggunaan TIK. Literatur secara konsisten menunjukkan bahwa paparan berbagai sumber daya dan fasilitas pendidikan digital dan sarana melalui (online) mendorong pemikiran kritis di antara siswa dan meningkatkan kemampuan pemecahan masalah independen mereka. Hal ini sudah lama diharapkan sebagai sebuah sistem teknologi yang hemat biaya dan efisien serta cocok untuk pembelajaran e-learning dan pengajaran di sistem pendidikan universitas Nigeria, terutama dalam konteks akademik farmakologi veteriner yang dieksplorasi. Penekanannya ditempatkan pada sistem-sistem perpustakaan dengan sistem online audio-visual seperti komputer layar besar, proyektor digital dan papan tulis di samping catu daya yang konstan dan layanan internet Wi-Fi. Melalui kursus medis, pendidikan farmakologi veteriner akan mudah ditingkatkan jika penelitian kolaboratif digital dan sistem pendidikan disediakan. Untuk mencapai tujuan ini, perangkat lunak dan aplikasi yang relevan yang disesuaikan dengan kebutuhan spesifik mahasiswa kedokteran hewan dalam proses e-edukasi sangat disarankan mengingat inovasi berkembang cepat di sektor TIK, yang semakin menjadikan air keras dan perangkat lunak lebih terjangkau dan ramah pengguna.

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“…Address quality refers to the proportion of standard address data in a certain geographical region (e.g., a city, state, or country), where a standard address is one that points to the correct geospatial location (i.e., spatially accurate) and at the same time employs a standard address model that is specific to a certain house number, or at least a building number (i.e., structurally accurate). Standard address data can convey precise location information using simple human-understandable language and therefore can significantly facilitate the efficient urban management (Coetzee and Cooper, 2007; Njoh, 2010, 2012) and delivery services (van Duin et al., 2016) as well as promote equal access to health care (Krieger et al., 2002; Ouma et al., 2018). However, although there have been multiple use of address data over the past few decades, the retrieval of standard address data in China still remains a challenge.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Spatial pattern analysis of address quality: A study on the impact of rapid urban expansion in China

Lin

Kang

2019

Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science

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Standard address data are essential geographical information that play an important role in urban management. However, due to the complex structures of Chinese addresses, poor address quality has long been a problem in China. Although several measures were established to improve the address quality, nonstandard address data are still common in new urban areas. To investigate the potential causes of the geographical disparities in address quality, in this paper, we hypothesize that the sprawling urban form caused by rapid urban expansion in China has hindered the generation of standard addresses in new urban areas. To test this hypothesis, the spatial pattern of address quality in Shenzhen, China, is analyzed, and the potential causal paths relating urban expansion, urban form, and address quality are examined using structural equation modeling. The results indicate poorer address quality in new urban areas in Shenzhen. Rapid urban expansion has an indirect negative relation with the address quality. In addition, both road compactness and land use compactness have a direct positive effect on address quality, but the latter is insignificant. In this case, to facilitate improvements in address quality, a plan with dense and small blocks is suggested in the planning of new urban areas.

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Implications of spatial and physical structures for ICT as a tool of urban management and development in Cameroon

Cited by 15 publications

References 6 publications

Digitalisation for whom: the determinants of residents' use of the digital property address system in Accra, Ghana

Digitalisation for whom: the determinants of residents' use of the digital property address system in Accra, Ghana

Adoption of Information and Communication Technology to Enhance Veterinary Pharmacology Education in Nigerian Universities

Spatial pattern analysis of address quality: A study on the impact of rapid urban expansion in China

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