Digital Towns : : Accelerating and Measuring the Digital Transformation of Rural Societies and Economies.

• Author: Lynn, Theo.
• TeilnehmendeR: Rosati, Pierangelo.; Conway, Edel.; Curran, Declan.; Fox, Grace.; O'Gorman, Colm.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2022.; ©2022.
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (230 pages)

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.