Making a community network sustainable: The future of the wired high rise

Information Society

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 379-384

  Hopkins, Liza ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Digital divide; Networked community; Sustainability; Underserved populations; Wired community

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644520833     PISSN: 01972243     EISSN: 10876537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01972240500253590     Document Type: Review

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