Digital Towns : Accelerating and Measuring the Digital Transformation of Rural Societies and Economies.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cham :
Springer International Publishing AG,
2022.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Foreword
- Acknowledgement
- Contents
- About the Authors
- Abbreviations
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Chapter 1: Defining, Rationalising and Measuring Digital Towns
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 Digital Society-Key Concepts and Terms
- 1.2.1 What Do We Mean by Digital?
- 1.2.2 Mainstream vs Frontier Technologies
- 1.3 What Is a Town?
- 1.4 The Urban-Rural Digital Divide
- 1.5 Rationalising and Defining Digital Towns
- 1.6 The Need for a Discrete Digital Town Measurement Framework
- 1.7 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 2: The Digital Citizen
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 The Digital Divide
- 2.2.1 The Grey Digital Divide
- 2.2.2 The Income Digital Divide
- 2.2.3 The Education Digital Divide
- 2.2.4 The Gender Digital Divide
- 2.2.5 The Digital Divide and Other Vulnerable Parts of Society
- 2.3 Digital Literacy
- 2.4 New Forms of Work and Rural Towns
- 2.4.1 Remote Working
- 2.4.2 The Gig Economy
- 2.4.3 The Sharing Economy
- 2.5 Measuring Individual and Household Access and Use of Digital Technologies
- 2.6 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 3: Digital Public Services
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 What Do We Mean by Digital Public Services?
- 3.3 E-Government
- 3.4 E-Health
- 3.5 Open Data
- 3.6 Measuring Digital Public Services
- 3.7 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 4: The Digital Economy and Digital Business
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 What Is the Digital Economy?
- 4.3 What Is Digital Business?
- 4.4 Benefits and Challenges of Digital Technologies for Businesses
- 4.5 Measuring Digital Business
- 4.6 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 5: Digital Technologies and Civil Society
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Defining Civil Society
- 5.3 The Role of Civil Society
- 5.4 Digital Technologies and Civil Society
- 5.4.1 Mainstream Technologies
- 5.4.2 Frontier Technologies.
- 5.4.3 Digital Inclusion and Exclusion
- 5.5 Measuring Digital Civil Society
- 5.6 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 6: Infrastructure for Digital Connectivity
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 What Is Infrastructure for Digital Connectivity?
- 6.3 Economic Impact of Infrastructure for Digital Connectivity
- 6.3.1 Macro-Level Economic Impact
- 6.3.2 Households and Digital Connectivity
- 6.3.3 Firm-Level Productivity and Entrepreneurship
- 6.3.4 Employment Impact of Digital Connectivity
- 6.4 Free and Municipal Wi-Fi
- 6.5 Rural Digital Hubs
- 6.6 Measuring Infrastructure for Digital Connectivity
- 6.7 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 7: Digital Education
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 What Is Digital Education?
- 7.3 Digital Technologies in Education: Rationales, Benefits, and Challenges
- 7.4 Measuring Digital Education
- 7.5 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 8: The Governance of Digital Town Initiatives
- 8.1 Introduction
- 8.2 Agenda Setting and Governance of Digital Town Initiatives
- 8.3 Community Resilience, Vertical Integration, and Horizontal Integration
- 8.4 Measuring the Governance of Digital Town Initiatives
- 8.5 Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 9: Bringing It All Together: The Digital Town Readiness Framework
- 9.1 Introduction
- 9.2 Design Principles
- 9.3 The Digital Town Readiness Framework (DTRF)
- 9.4 Digital Town Dimensions, Sub-dimensions, and Indicators
- 9.4.1 Digital Citizens
- 9.4.2 Digital Public Services
- 9.4.3 Digital Business
- 9.4.4 Digital Civil Society
- 9.4.5 Infrastructure for Digital Connectivity
- 9.4.6 Digital Education
- 9.4.7 Governance of Digital Town Initiatives
- 9.5 Methodological Considerations
- 9.5.1 Selection of Indicators
- 9.5.2 Data Collection
- 9.5.3 Data Preparation and Cleaning
- 9.5.4 Weighting and Aggregation
- 9.5.5 Sensitivity Analysis.
- 9.5.6 Stakeholder Support and Communication
- 9.6 Conclusion
- References
- Useful Links
- Index.