An integrated e-service to support the realization of local agenda 21 plans

  • Authors:
  • Nikolaos V. Karadimas;Giorgos E. Tsakalidis;Theofanis A. Alexandridis;Nikolaos P. Papastamatiou

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Mathematics and Science Engineering, Hellenic Military Academy, Vari, Greece;-;Omega Technology, Kallithea, Greece;Omega Technology, Kallithea, Greece

  • Venue:
  • MMACTEE'09 Proceedings of the 11th WSEAS international conference on Mathematical methods and computational techniques in electrical engineering
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

Local Agenda 21 as a decision making methodology gives ordinary people, citizens, local people and communities, the right to have a say in how environment is managed and protected. The presented work demonstrates an e-service to support the implementation of Local Agenda 21 plans electronically, enabling the participation of all citizens to the social discussion, the exchange of experience and ideas, the adaptation of best practices and the dissemination of the results to the local authorities of each region it is applied. The e-service is a set of customized and integrated web 2.0 networking tools through which the potential impact of the political decisions are visualized and analyzed through discussion clusters, new ideas are born and mature, political views and opinions of politicians are evaluated. The actual users following this approach are ordinary people, citizens, communities, public authorities, enterprises, NGOs, associations and other stakeholders in each community.