Heather E Hudson

From Rural Village to Global Village

Telecommunications for Development in the Information Age

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

From Rural Village to Global Village: Telecommunications for Development in the Information Age examines the role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) on both the macro level and sector level, emphasizing rural and developing

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Januar 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 237mm x 162mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 354g
• ISBN-13: 9780805856675
• ISBN-10: 0805856676
• Artikelnr.: 20998996

Autorenporträt

Heather Hudson (PhD Stanford) is the director of the Telecommunications Management & Policy program in the School of Business and Management at the University of San Francisco. She is one of the best known and regarded scholars working in telecommunications policy. She has authored six books, and published numerous chapters and articles.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: The Death of Distance? Telecommunications and Rural Development.
Applications of ICTs for Education and Training. Telemedicine and
Telehealth: Applications of ICTs for Health Care Delivery. Digital Divides:
Gaps in Connectivity. Toward Universal Access: Strategies for Bridging
Digital Divides. Technologies for Extending Connectivity. Restructuring the
Telecommunications Sector in Developing Regions. Evaluation: Issues and
Strategies. From Global to Local. A Selection of Useful Web Sites on ICTs
and Development.