The Internet & Regional Australia: How Rural Communities Can Address the Impact of the Internet.

Autor/in	Simpson, Rosie
Institution	Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation, Barton (Australia).
Titel	The Internet & Regional Australia: How Rural Communities Can Address the Impact of the Internet.
Quelle	(2001), (54 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISSN	1440-6845
ISBN	0-642-58309-9
Schlagwörter	Case Studies; Community Development; Economic Development; Foreign Countries; Information Technology; Internet; Leadership; Rural Areas; Rural Development; Small Towns; Technological Literacy; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Community; Development; Entwicklung; Wirtschaftsentwicklung; Ausland; Informationstechnologie; Führung; Führungsposition; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Rural environment; Ländliches Milieu; Technisches Wissen; Australien
Abstract	In the last decade, a technological revolution has touched all aspects of business and society in Australia, the Western world, and to a lesser extent, the developing world. This revolution has occurred against a backdrop of long-term fundamental changes in rural Australian communities. The decline in traditional agriculture's terms of trade and resultant employment numbers has seen many communities that were previously reliant on agriculture looking for means to survive. The Internet has been seized on by many as the potential savior for rural Australia. The Internet also poses a significant threat, further opening up communities to global forces outside their control, with potentially damaging effects. This study explores both sides of the equation for rural Australia through chapters on the demand side of Internet access, the digital divide, the Australian business sector and the Internet, the supply side of Internet access in regional Australia, the Internet and the Bush, the Australian information technology and telecommunications sector, e-commerce and regional Australia, regional business and community partnerships, key factors for harnessing the benefits of the Internet, and a final chapter on what the future holds. Seven case studies showcase how many rural communities and businesses are dealing successfully with the Internet. Two appendices describe community-development information technology programs supported by the U.S. and Australian governments. (Contains 23 references.) (TD)
Anmerkungen	For full text: http://www.rirdc.gov.au/reports/HCC/01-087.pdf.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC