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

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 acc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Lynn, Theo, Rosati, Pierangelo (Author), Conway, Edel (Author), Curran, Declan (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Palgrave Macmillan 2022, 2022
Edition:1st ed. 2022
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1 – Defining and rationalising digital towns
  • Chapter 2 – Measuring digital readiness
  • Chapter 3 – Connectivity
  • Chapter 4 – Digital Citizen
  • Chapter 5 – Digital Education
  • Chapter 6 – Digital Civil Society
  • Chapter 7 – Digital Business
  • Chapter 8 – Digital Public Services
  • Chapter 9 – Digital Tourism
  • Chapter 10 – Horizontal Integration
  • Chapter 11 – Bringing it all together: An Integrated Measurement Framework and Workflow for Digital Towns