Digital cities
Subtitle: the internet and the geography of opportunity
By: Karen Mossberger, Caroline J. Tolbert, and William Franko
Contributors: Tolbert, Caroline J.; Franko, William
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 349
ISBN-13: 9780199812936; 9780199812950
Subjects: Computer networks; Government policy; Digital divide; Internet
Description: Federal broadband policy has largely ignored urban areas, where most Americans live. Using an original and unprecedented multi-level analysis of access and use in low-income neighbourhoods, 'Digital Cities' tells the story of information technology use and inequality in American cities and metropolitan areas.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Cities and a digital society; title: The need for urban broadband policy; title: Place and inequality : urban, suburban, and rural America; title: Mobile access and the less-connected; title: Ranking digital cities and suburbs; title: Mapping opportunity in Chicago neighborhoods; title: The geography of barriers to broadband adoption; title: Barriers to adoption in Chicago neighborhoods; title: From neighborhoods to Washington : policy solutions.