Is digital technology urban? Understanding inter-metropolitan digital divides in South Africa

Proceedings of the 20th Australasian Conference on Computer-Human Interaction: Designing for Habitus and Habitat, OZCHI'08

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 97-103

  Odendaal, Nancy ^a   Duminy, James ^a   Saunders, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Digital divide; Rural urban interface

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL DIVIDE; DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES; DIVERSE RANGE; DURBAN , SOUTH AFRICA; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; MARKET DEMAND; METROPOLITAN AREA; PERI-URBAN AREAS; RURAL-URBAN INTERFACE; SOUTH AFRICA; SPATIAL TRENDS; SYSTEMATIC RESEARCH; UBIQUITOUS ACCESS;

ECOLOGY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; OCEAN HABITATS; UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 70349154931     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1517744.1517774     Document Type: Conference Paper

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