Information and Communication Technologies and Rural Development
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...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Paris :
OECD Publishing
2001.
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| Colección: | Territorial economy Information and communication technologies and rural development.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009705635806719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ""Preface""; ""Foreword""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Mandate and method""; ""Part I. ICT issues in rural areas""; ""Issues and perspectives""; ""Chapter 1. Fundamental issues""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Telecommunications infrastructure and services in rural areas""; ""Introduction""; ""a) Technical and economic obstacles to ICTs in rural areas""; ""b) National initiatives and the increasing role of local authorities""; ""c) Successful examples of local public financing of telecommunications infrastructure""; ""2. ICT development models""; ""Introduction""
- ""a) Distinctive approaches to ICT development""""b) Endogenous and exogenous regional ICT development models""; ""c) Spatial policy and ICTs""; ""3. Observation and measurement in the field of ICT""; ""Introduction""; ""a) Collecting data on ICT in rural areas""; ""b) Monitoring of projects""; ""c) Best practices and qualitative results on the long term""; ""d) Guidelines""; ""Chapter 2. Societal issues""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Public access points, telecottages and telecentres""; ""Introduction""; ""a) National policies in the field of public access points""
- ""b) Fundamental issues concerning public access points""""c) Perspectives for public access points""; ""2. On-line access to public services""; ""Introduction""; ""a) Distant education on-line""; ""b) Telemedecine""; ""c) Access to public services through the Internet""; ""3. Local governance""; ""Introduction""; ""a) The potential of e-democracy""; ""b) Local examples of emerging e-democracy practices""; ""c) Risks and opportunities of ICT in local governance from a regional perspective""; ""Chapter 3. Economic issues""; ""Introduction""
- ""1. Small and medium size enterprises in rural areas and ICT""""Introduction""; ""a) ICT issues for rural SMEs""; ""b) Obstacles to full adoption of ICT by rural SMEs""; ""c) ICT policies for SMEs and examples of successful implementation""; ""2. The creation of new activities through ICT""; ""Introduction""; ""a) Telebusiness and call centres""; ""b) Telework""; ""c) Rural start-ups""; ""3. Conclusion: attractiveness of communities and territories""; ""Introduction""; ""a) Factors common to ICT policies and projects""; ""b) Social factors""; ""c) Economic factors""
- ""Chapter 4. Policy recommendations""""1. Telecommunications infrastructure""; ""a) Issues""; ""b) Recommendations""; ""2. Implementation of ICT projects""; ""a) Issues""; ""b) Recommendations""; ""3. Observation and measurement of ICT in rural areas""; ""a) Issues""; ""b) Recommendations""; ""4. Public access points""; ""a) Issues""; ""b) Recommendations""; ""5. On-line access to public services""; ""a) Issues""; ""b) Recommendations""; ""6. Local governance""; ""a) Issues""; ""b) Recommendations""; ""7. Implementation of ICT by SMEs""; ""a) Issues""; ""b) Recommendations""
- ""8. Creation of new activities""
