Abstract— A residential complex is an interconnected group of buildings including residential units which are almost the same in type, size, design and view; built close to each other, and more important, managed centrally. A great amount of people are living in such places nowadays. Residents of a complex have certain interactions due to their rights and responsibilities. Furthermore, living together brings the opportunity to make their own social network and communicate. On the other hand, each complex has some interactions and communications with governmental and public organizations and service providers. Developing an online social space for residents of a complex, in addition to benefiting from the incredible facilities of Information Systems, would also be a specimen, for activities in a bigger society, i.e. e-city. This paper proposes a conceptual framework for an electronic residential complex, and explores its efficiency and capabilities for a better lifestyle of its citizens in future.

Index Terms— E-citizen, e-city, e-readiness, electronic residential complex, social online spaces.

R. Hassanian-esfahani is with the ICT Research Center, Tehran, Iran (e-mail: R.Hassanian@ICTRC.Ir).

Cite: Roya Hassanian-esfahani, " A Conceptual Framework for an Electronic Residential Complex," International Journal of e-Education, e-Business, e-Management and e-Learning vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 138-141, 2014.