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oapen-20.500.12657-528482022-02-15T02:50:09Z Digital Towns Lynn, Theo Rosati, Pierangelo Conway, Edel Curran, Declan Fox, Grace O'Gorman, Colm digital policy public policy urban rural divide broadband connectivity Digital Citizen technology management Open access bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJQ Business mathematics & systems This open access book explores the digital transformation of small and rural towns, in particular, how to measure the evolution and development of digital towns. In addition to access to resources, competition from urban and global markets, and population trends, rural communities present lesser access and use of digital technologies and have lower digital competencies and skills than their urban counterparts. Consequently, they experience less beneficial outcomes from increased digitalisation than urban areas. This book defines what a digital town is and explores digitalisation from the perspective of the four basic economic sectors in towns - individuals and households, businesses, the public sector, and civil society - and three types of enabling infrastructure - digital connectivity, education, and governance. Particular attention is paid to how digitalisation efforts are measured by intergovernmental and international organisations for each sector and enabling infrastructure. The book concludes with a Digital Town Readiness Framework that offers local communities, policymakers, and scholars an initial set of indicators upon which to develop digital town initiatives, and measure progress. For those ready to embrace the opportunity, this book is a pathfinder on the road to a more equitable and impactful digital society and digital economy. 2022-02-14T21:18:24Z 2022-02-14T21:18:24Z 2022 book ONIX_20220214_9783030912475_19 9783030912475 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/52848 eng application/pdf n/a 978-3-030-91247-5.pdf https://link.springer.com/978-3-030-91247-5 Springer Nature Palgrave Macmillan 10.1007/978-3-030-91247-5 10.1007/978-3-030-91247-5 6c6992af-b843-4f46-859c-f6e9998e40d5 ace76817-129c-4a77-a963-c0ac447c29ff 9783030912475 Palgrave Macmillan 213 Cham [grantnumber unknown] Dublin City University DCU open access
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This open access book explores the digital transformation of small and rural towns, in particular, how to measure the evolution and development of digital towns. In addition to access to resources, competition from urban and global markets, and population trends, rural communities present lesser access and use of digital technologies and have lower digital competencies and skills than their urban counterparts. Consequently, they experience less beneficial outcomes from increased digitalisation than urban areas. This book defines what a digital town is and explores digitalisation from the perspective of the four basic economic sectors in towns - individuals and households, businesses, the public sector, and civil society - and three types of enabling infrastructure - digital connectivity, education, and governance. Particular attention is paid to how digitalisation efforts are measured by intergovernmental and international organisations for each sector and enabling infrastructure. The book concludes with a Digital Town Readiness Framework that offers local communities, policymakers, and scholars an initial set of indicators upon which to develop digital town initiatives, and measure progress. For those ready to embrace the opportunity, this book is a pathfinder on the road to a more equitable and impactful digital society and digital economy.
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