ISBN:
9789264186705
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (183 p.)
Parallel Title:
Print version Information and Communication Technologies and Rural Development
DDC:
338.4791
Keywords:
Electronic books
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Ländlicher Raum
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Regionale Wirtschaftsentwicklung
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Informationstechnik
Abstract:
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) introduce a new relationship between time and space. Do the nascent possibilities of tele-work, distant access to public services and e-commerce offer both realistic and innovating perspectives for rural development? Are ICTs a threat rather than an opportunity for rural areas? Will these technologies increase the attractiveness of rural and remote areas or will they reinforce the influence of urban ones?. ICTs and Rural Development sets out to answer these questions. Field research conducted in Canada, France, Ireland, the United Kingdom and t
Description / Table of Contents:
Preface; Foreword; Table of Contents; Introduction; Mandate and method; Part I. ICT issues in rural areas; Issues and perspectives; Chapter 1. Fundamental issues; Chapter 2. Societal issues; Chapter 3. Economic issues; Chapter 4. Policy recommendations; Part II. Case studies; Geographical diversity; Regions; Sub-regions; Communities; Case Study 1. The Poitou-Charentes Region and ICTS; Case Study 2. ICT strategies and projects in the rural areas of Mid-western and Southwestern Ireland; Case Study 3. The Highlands and Islands of Scotland and ICT; Case Study 4. ICT in Matawinie (Quebec, Canada)
Description / Table of Contents:
Table 1. Access technologies transmission speedTable 2. Policies andprogrammes designed tobridge thedigital divide; Figure 1. Internet access in the business sector by firm Figure 1. Internet access in the business sector by firm size;
Description / Table of Contents:
Case Study 5. Keewaytinook Okimakanak Communities, Northwestern Ontario, Canada and ICT: the Kuh Ke Nah Network...Case Study 6. Parthenay District, Pays de Gâtine (Deux-Sèvres, Poitou-Charentes, France) and ICT; Case Study 7. A rural ICT training network: "Dillon-net", Beaverhead, Madison and Silverbow Counties, Montana, USA; Case Study 8. Business and Technology Center in Maddock, Benson County, North Dakota, USA; Bibliography; Appendix 1. Information and Communication Technologies and their implications for the development of rural areas; Appendix 2. Internet sites consulted for this report
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
DOI:
10.1787/9789264193079-en
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