ICT-Mediated Adaptive Capacity of Environmental Third Sector in Australia

Australia has relied extensively on thousands of environmental third sector organisations (ETSOs) to care and plan for environmental protection. Although the potential of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to enable these organisations has been increasingly recognised ETSOs in general...

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Main Author: Dhakal, Subas P.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Journal of Community Informatics 2014
Online Access:http://ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/1088/1118
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/57777
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description Australia has relied extensively on thousands of environmental third sector organisations (ETSOs) to care and plan for environmental protection. Although the potential of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to enable these organisations has been increasingly recognised ETSOs in general have slipped under the radar of ICT-oriented practices. The aim here is to respond to this gap and examine the differences in adaptive capacity between ICT adopter and non-adopter ETSOs in Perth, Western Australia. Based on the findings, which indicate that the majority of organisations are either overlooking or under-exploiting the potential of ICTs, it is recommended that existing environmental strategies that rely on ETSOs need to institutionalise ICT-specific support for these organisations.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-577772017-11-20T08:49:06Z ICT-Mediated Adaptive Capacity of Environmental Third Sector in Australia Dhakal, Subas P. Australia has relied extensively on thousands of environmental third sector organisations (ETSOs) to care and plan for environmental protection. Although the potential of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to enable these organisations has been increasingly recognised ETSOs in general have slipped under the radar of ICT-oriented practices. The aim here is to respond to this gap and examine the differences in adaptive capacity between ICT adopter and non-adopter ETSOs in Perth, Western Australia. Based on the findings, which indicate that the majority of organisations are either overlooking or under-exploiting the potential of ICTs, it is recommended that existing environmental strategies that rely on ETSOs need to institutionalise ICT-specific support for these organisations. 2014 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/57777 http://ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/1088/1118 Journal of Community Informatics restricted
spellingShingle Dhakal, Subas P.
ICT-Mediated Adaptive Capacity of Environmental Third Sector in Australia
title ICT-Mediated Adaptive Capacity of Environmental Third Sector in Australia
title_full ICT-Mediated Adaptive Capacity of Environmental Third Sector in Australia
title_fullStr ICT-Mediated Adaptive Capacity of Environmental Third Sector in Australia
title_full_unstemmed ICT-Mediated Adaptive Capacity of Environmental Third Sector in Australia
title_short ICT-Mediated Adaptive Capacity of Environmental Third Sector in Australia
title_sort ict-mediated adaptive capacity of environmental third sector in australia
url http://ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/1088/1118
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/57777