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Integrated ICTs for water basins management in Southern Africa: systematic review and meta-analyses for perceived relevance criteria

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dc.creator Mongi, Hector
dc.creator Meinhardt, Markus
dc.date 2021-05-18T12:40:52Z
dc.date 2021-05-18T12:40:52Z
dc.date 2016
dc.date.accessioned 2022-10-20T13:47:45Z
dc.date.available 2022-10-20T13:47:45Z
dc.identifier Mongi, H., & Meinhardt, M. (2016). Integrated ICTs for water basins management in Southern Africa: systematic review and meta-analyses for perceived relevance criteria. AGRIS on-line Papers in Economics and Informatics, 8(2), 103-110.
dc.identifier 1804-1930
dc.identifier DOI: http://doi.org/DOI: 10.7160/aol.2016.080208
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/3130
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/3130
dc.description Abstract. Full text article available at https://online.agris.cz/archive/2016/02/08
dc.description User-focused design and an implementation of a computer-based Information System (IS) or Information Technology (IT) are considered to play a key role in enhancing adoption, supporting activities and contributing to the sector specific sustainability goals. However, there are general concerns over the practical applications derived from records of failure rates of IS/IT projects in the developing world. This paper aggregates and analyzes stakeholders’ perceived usefulness criteria that were documented from water basin focusing on IS and related projects in Southern Africa. Systematic literature reviews and meta-analysis were adopted for data collection and analyses. Literature with academic, practice and hybrid viewpoints was collected from five water basins in Southern Africa. Designed data collection flow chart guided the search for appropriate literature. Analyses of the data were performed by using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). Results of the search were classified and presented basing on the domain, yearly waves from 2000 to 2015, trans-basin nature and basin of focus. Literature was distributed across the classes at different magnitudes. The study has found out that relevance criteria as measure of usefulness have been incorporated in designing and implementing the IS/IT projects in the river basins. However, incorporation of relevance criteria was periodically increasing with technological advancement and increasing complexity of managing the water basins. In general, it was responsive to increasing challenges of water resources in the developing countries. This anticipated better results at the levels of output, outcome and impacts of IS/IT projects in the Southern Africa. The study concludes that the current trends of incorporation of the relevance criteria in designing and implementing the IS/IT projects on water resources are potential for impact-based interventions in Southern Africa.
dc.language en
dc.publisher Faculty of Economics and Management CULS Prague
dc.subject ICT
dc.subject Information Communication Technology
dc.subject Water basins
dc.subject Integrated ICTs
dc.subject Southern Africa
dc.subject Meta-analysis
dc.subject Water basins management
dc.subject Information System
dc.subject IS
dc.subject Information Technology
dc.subject IT
dc.title Integrated ICTs for water basins management in Southern Africa: systematic review and meta-analyses for perceived relevance criteria
dc.type Article


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