Transitioning Towards a Knowledge Society
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-89048-7 (ISBN)
Wolfgang G. Stock is full professor and head of the Information Science Dept. of Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf, Germany. His research areas include studies on smart cities, social network services and information behavior. He is author of about 300 articles and books, thereof about 30 are on prototypical cities of the emerging knowledge society. Kaja J. Fietkiewicz is research associate at Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf. She is working on Social Media and on Smart Cities, especially in Japan. Julia Barth and Julia Gremm have been assistant lecturers for Smart City Research at Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf. They conducted field researches on cities in the Gulf Region (especially, in Kuwait, Qatar, U.A.E. and Oman) and published articles on the "Arabian Way" into knowledge society.
Part 1: Context.- Chapter 1. Informational Cities in the GCC States.- Chapter 2. Qatar in a Nutshell.- Part 2: Concept.- Chapter 3. Knowledge Economy and Knowledge-Based Development.- Chapter 4. Methods.- Part 3: Connection.- Chapter 5. Diversification of Knowledge-Based Industries and Foreign Investment.- Chapter 6. Creativity and the Knowledge Society.- Chapter 7. E-Government.- Chapter 8. Knowledge-Based Development.- Chapter 9. Universities and other Institutions of Higher Education.- Chapter 10. Students and Graduates.- Chapter 11. Transition of Graduates into the Labor Market.- Chapter 12. Libraries, Science Parks and Research Funding.- Part 4: Conclusion.- Chapter 13. Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats of Qatar's Way into the Knowledge Society.- Index.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 4.9.2018 |
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Zusatzinfo | XVII, 244 p. 77 illus., 74 illus. in color. |
Verlagsort | Cham |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
Gewicht | 409 g |
Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
Schlagworte | Arabian Gulf States • higher education • Knowledge-based Development • Knowledge Society • Labor Market Development • National Programs and their Implementation • Qatar • World Regional Geography |
ISBN-10 | 3-319-89048-4 / 3319890484 |
ISBN-13 | 978-3-319-89048-7 / 9783319890487 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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