This book covers the relationship between information and communication technologies (ICTs) and communities – both physical and virtual. Community technology

"This encyclopedia of virtual communities and technologies provides a much needed integrated overview of all the critical concepts, technologies and issues in t

Provides an analysis of virtual communities, explaining their lifecycle in terms of maturity-based models and workflows.

The information age has enabled unprecedented levels of data to be collected and stored. At the same time, society and organizations have become increasingly co

This thesis documents almost twenty years of the author’s work on the development and implementation of a new approach to holistic community development in re