Gjornâl Furlan des SiencisFriulian Journal of Science

No. 29 (2020): GFS
RESEARCH ARTICLES

The broadband impact on inland disadvantaged areas

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  • GIUSEPPE CANE
GIUSEPPE CANE
The RU.NE Project.

Keywords

  • Broadband,
  • internet,
  • inland rural areas,
  • impacts

How to Cite

[1]
CANE, G. 2020. The broadband impact on inland disadvantaged areas. Friulian Journal of Science. 29 (May 2020), 19–27.

Abstract

This paper is a summary of the author’s PhD thesis on the recent evolution of broadband. The study is based on a survey of the social and economic situation in inland disadvantaged or rural areas, and the significance of broadband connectivity. The thesis was: any territory invested with broadband is changing and developing within a new dimension. A number of different tools or approaches to the issue were thus adopted to methodologically select and evaluate the impact of broadband on inland disadvantaged areas. The main tools used were: Isard’s Theory of Substitution, Lefebvre’s The Production of Space, internet ethics and the Gartner Hype Cycle. It is, therefore, possible to compare rural lands or territories with or without broadband by looking at their behaviours, considering, additionally, the bias induced by economical hype.

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