TY  - GEN
AU  - Lynn,Theo
AU  - Rosati,Pierangelo
AU  - Conway,Edel
AU  - Curran,Declan
AU  - Fox,Grace
AU  - O'Gorman,Colm
TI  - Digital Towns : Accelerating and Measuring the Digital Transformation of Rural Societies and Economies
SN  - 978-3-030-91247-5
PY  - 2022///
CY  - Cham
PB  - Springer Nature
KW  - Business & management
KW  - bicssc
KW  - Business mathematics & systems
KW  - digital policy
KW  - public policy
KW  - urban rural divide
KW  - broadband
KW  - connectivity
KW  - Digital Citizen
KW  - technology management
KW  - Open access
N1  - Open Access
N2  - 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
UR  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/52848/1/978-3-030-91247-5.pdf
UR  - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/78266
ER  -