Published papers 2017 to 2019

A few final papers that came out of this project...

More M and Backhouse J (2019). Smart Governance for Inclusive socio-economic transformation in South Africa: Are we there yet? In Bolivar MPR and Munoz LA (Eds.)E-participation in Smart Cities: Technologies and Models of Governance for Citizen Engagement, Public Administration and Information Technology 34, Springer, pp 179–201.

Cohen J., Bancilhon, J-M., Grace T. (2018). Digitally connected living and quality of life: An analysis of the Gauteng City-Region, South Africa. Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries 84:e12010

Manda MI and Backhouse J (2018). Inclusive digital transformation in South Africa: an institutional perspective. Proceedings of the 11th Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance, Galway, Ireland, April 2019 (ICEGOV’18).

Backhouse J and Myataza L (2017). Smart transport systems in SADC countries. Proceedings of the African Conference on Information Systems and Technology, 10-11 July 2017, Cape Town, South Africa. Paper 17.

Manda MI and Backhouse J (2017). Digital transformation for inclusive growth in South Africa: challenges and opportunities in the 4th industrial revolution. Proceedings of the African Conference on Information Systems and Technology, 10-11 July 2017, Cape Town, South Africa. Paper 21.

Conference paper on Smart Transport

The following conference paper was presented at the ACIST 2017 conference in Cape Town recently.

This paper was based on data that student Lizalise Myataza collected during her BCom honours degree. The paper looks at the transport-related mobile apps that have been developed in SADC countries and the extent to which they exhibit "smart" features. We propose a framework for evaluating the "smartness" of apps that goes beyond only evaluating technological features and incorporates the human user.

Backhouse J and Myataza L (2017). Smart transport systems in SADC countries. Proceedings of the African Conference on Information Systems and Technology, 10-11 July 2017, Cape Town, South Africa. Paper 17.

The paper can be downloaded here.

Published papers 2014 to 2016

Here is a consolidated list of the papers published by this project in the past three years, with links for you to access the papers. We are expecting a few more during 2017 and will post an updated list later in the year.

Cohen, J., Backhouse, J. and Ally, O. (2016). Youth Expectations of Smart City Living: An Importance-Performance Analysis of Young Residents’ Perspectives of City Government,
Commonwealth Youth and Development, 14(1) 118-128. 

Backhouse, J. and Masilela S (2016). Using personas to understand city residents’ information needs and evaluate city information services. Proceedings of the African Cyber Citizenship Conference 2016, 31 Oct- 1 Nov 2016, Port Elizabeth, South Africa. pp.232-242.

Backhouse, J. and Hughes, M. (2015). An ecological model to understand the variety in undergraduate students’ personal information systems, The African Journal of Information and Communication, Issue 15, pp. 14-24.

Topo, M. and Backhouse, J. (2015). Explaining the Use and Non-Use of Smart Cities Services in Johannesburg: Residents' Perspective. Paper presented at the 12th Prato CIRN Conference 9-11 November 2015, Prato, Italy.

Backhouse, J. (2015). Smart city agendas of African cities. Proceedings of the African Conference on Information Systems and Technology (ACIST) 2015, 7-8 July 2015. Accra, Ghana.

Backhouse, J. and Hughes, M. (2015). An ecological model of the information behaviour and technologies of undergraduate students in a South African university. Southern African Computer Lecturer’s Association conference 2015, 1-2 July, Johannesburg, South Africa

Backhouse, J. and Cohen, J. (2014). 'What is a Smart City for Information Systems Research in Africa? Review Protocol and Initial Results', Proceedings of the African Cyber Citizenship Conference 2014, Port Elizabeth, South Africa. ISBN: 978-1-920505-46-3.