1st Edition
E-Governance in European and South African Cities The Cases of Barcelona, Cape Town, Eindhoven, Johannesburg, Manchester, Tampere, The Hague and Venice
258 Pages
by
Routledge
258 Pages
by
Routledge
258 Pages
by
Routledge
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Since the late 1990s, city councils have become increasingly aware of the potential for information technologies (ICTs) to improve the management of cities and as an instrument for economic and social policy. This has resulted in a wave of urban ICT strategies and policies, such as the adoption of ICTs within the city administration itself, projects that facilitate access to ICTs by weaker social... Read more
Contents: Preface; Introduction; Framework of reference; The case of Barcelona; The case of Cape Town; The case of Eindhoven; The case of Johannesburg; The case of Manchester; The case of Tampere; The case of The Hague; The case of Venice; Synthesis: comparing E-governance in cities; Index.
Biography
Leo van den Berg, Andre van der Meer, Willem van Winden and Paulus Woets are all at the European Institute for Comparative Urban Research (EURICUR), Rotterdam School of Economics and Business Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Euricur is a leading international research institute in the field of urban development and policy analysis.
