We develop a framework based on quot;project networksquot; and net present value analysis in order to help managersevaluate investments in infrastructural and strategic information systems that require significant amounts of time andmoney to implement. The framework, which we term quot;value...

This paper underlines the concept of the organization of information as a process and attempts to understand how information is organized for storage and retrieval. It examines a similar concept of Knowledge Organization (KO) and argues that though Information organization (IO) is a process much...

In Japan, municipalities are mandated to produce hazard maps for floods, storm surges, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, stagnant water, and landslides to which the municipality may be exposed. By combining exposure data with satellite images and aerial photographs, post-event damage assessments can...