DocumentCode
3258454
Title
Information Sharing System for Maintenance of Sewage Facilities
Author
Okamoto, Takashi
Author_Institution
Fac. of Law & Letters, Ehime Univ., Matsuyama, Japan
fYear
2009
fDate
20-24 July 2009
Firstpage
212
Lastpage
215
Abstract
There are many cases which entrust the operation and maintenance of public facilities to private sectors or organizations in recent years. The main purpose of the consignment is cost reduction. The sewage facilities are the representatives of such consignment. Although such consignment lowers expense in the short term by reduction of labor cost, there would be a risk of increasing expense of the public service from a long-term viewpoint. That is, this comprehensive private consignment has an agency problem. This paper points out the effectiveness of information sharing systems for improving asymmetry of information, and the necessity for standardization of information and widening the area. This paper proposed the one direction of the systems, that is, utilizing Web2.0 technologies.
Keywords
Internet; information systems; public utilities; Web2.0 technologies; comprehensive private consignment; information sharing system; labor cost reduction; private organizations; private sectors; public facilities maintenance; sewage facilities maintenance; Cities and towns; Costs; Financial management; Internet; Local government; Sewage treatment; Sludge treatment; Standardization; Agency Problem; Comprehensive private consignment; Information Sharing System; Sewage Facilities;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Applications and the Internet, 2009. SAINT '09. Ninth Annual International Symposium on
Conference_Location
Bellevue, WA
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-4776-3
Electronic_ISBN
978-0-7695-3700-9
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/SAINT.2009.48
Filename
5230628
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