Variable geometries of connection: Urban digital divides and the uses of information technology

Urban Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 2551-2570

  Crang, Michael ^a   Crosbie, Tracey ^b   Graham, Stephen ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; NEIGHBORHOOD; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33845258295     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00420980600970664     Document Type: Article

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