Title: Learning from WaterBank

Authors: Marc Böhlen; Ilya Fadjar Maharika

Addresses: Department of Media Study, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, 14260, NY, USA ' Department of Architecture, Universitas Islam Indonesia 55584, Indonesia

Abstract: WaterBank - a meeting place and water improvement system in the Terban district of Yogyakarta Indonesia - is an experiment in creating an Internet of Things like the system in an emerging economy. WaterBank is situated in a unique context that shapes its opportunities, ambitions and limitations. Placed in the contested space between government control and bottom-up local initiatives, WaterBank is a response to the lack of effective governmental control over the procurement of essential resources.

Keywords: cloud computing; emerging economies; globalisation; Kampung; environmental monitoring; natural commons; knowledge commons.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEG.2018.093833

International Journal of Electronic Governance, 2018 Vol.10 No.2, pp.138 - 156

Accepted: 19 Oct 2017
Published online: 06 Aug 2018 *

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