ICT for Promoting Human Development and Protecting the Environment 6th IFIP World Information Technology Forum, WITFOR 2016, San José, Costa Rica, September 12-14, 2016, Proceedings /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Mata, Francisco J. (Editor), Pont, Ana (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 481
• Subjects: Computer science.; Application software.; Education > Data processing.; Sustainable development.; Computer Science.; Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet).; Computers and Education.; Computer Applications.; Sustainable Development.
• Physical Description: XIII, 245 p. 42 illus. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783319444475
• ISSN: 1868-4238 ;

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th IFIP World Information Technology Forum, WITFOR 2016, San José, Costa Rica, in September 2016. The 16 full papers and 6 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 45 submissions. Within the general theme ICT for Promoting Human Development and Protecting the Environment the papers are organized in the following topical sections encompassing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) recently adopted by the United Nations: ICT and cross-cutting development issues; ICT and environmental problems: ICT and human development problems; and ICT and economic development problems.