Chapter 1. Internet of Things and the Public Sector -- Chapter 2. The Internet of Things in a smart society: how government policy can help seize opportunities and mitigate threats -- Chapter 3. Methodologies for a participatory design of IoT to deliver sustainable public services in 'smart...

To address today's grand challenges, socio-technical transitions need to be designed in different sectors (e.g., agriculture). Technology assessment (TA) is a valuable tool to identify interactions and consequences of transition processes, but it requires an appropriate assessment system to...

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the study of sensors and the Internet of Things (IoT) from a government and public policy perspective. Since 2011, federal spending on IoT has been growing at a compound annual rate of ten percent. New technologies, such as sensors, and new...