An Evaluation of U.S. City Government Wireless Networks for Mobile Internet Access

2011 ◽  
pp. 169-181
Author(s):  
Ben Coaker ◽  
Candace Deans
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Networks ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Emergency Services ◽  
Internet Access ◽  
The United States ◽  
Mobile Internet ◽  
City Government ◽  
City Governments ◽  
Network Support ◽  
Potential Benefits

The purpose of this chapter is to provide guidelines for city governments considering implementing large-scale wireless networks to provide Internet access for their citizens and businesses. Case studies of cities in the United States that have implemented wireless networks will be evaluated in the context of opportunities and potential challenges. Some key considerations discussed in this chapter involve free versus fee-based models, security considerations, conflicts with local telecommunications companies, and network support. Opportunities to benefit police and emergency services are examined in terms of potential benefits as well as considerations of security in mission critical situations. Strategy guidelines will be presented as a means for providing structure to this decision-making process.

An Evaluation of U.S. City Government Wireless Networks for Mobile Internet Access

2009 ◽  
pp. 1530-1542
Author(s):  
Ben Coaker ◽  
Candace Deans
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Networks ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Emergency Services ◽  
Internet Access ◽  
The United States ◽  
Mobile Internet ◽  
City Government ◽  
City Governments ◽  
Network Support ◽  
Potential Benefits

The purpose of this chapter is to provide guidelines for city governments considering implementing large-scale wireless networks to provide Internet access for their citizens and businesses. Case studies of cities in the United States that have implemented wireless networks will be evaluated in the context of opportunities and potential challenges. Some key considerations discussed in this chapter involve free versus fee-based models, security considerations, conflicts with local telecommunications companies, and network support. Opportunities to benefit police and emergency services are examined in terms of potential benefits as well as considerations of security in mission critical situations. Strategy guidelines will be presented as a means for providing structure to this decision-making process.

An Evaluation of U.S. City Government Wireless Networks for Mobile Internet Access

2007 ◽  
pp. 357-374
Author(s):  
Ben Coaker ◽  
Candace Deans
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Networks ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Emergency Services ◽  
Internet Access ◽  
The United States ◽  
Mobile Internet ◽  
City Government ◽  
City Governments ◽  
Network Support ◽  
Telecommunications Companies

The purpose of this chapter is to provide guidelines for city governments considering implementing large-scale wireless networks to provide Internet access for their citizens and businesses. Case studies of cities in the United States that have implemented wireless networks will be evaluated in the context of opportunities and potential challenges. Some key considerations discussed in this chapter involve free versus fee-based models, security considerations, con?icts with local telecommunications companies, and network support. Opportunities to bene?t police and emergency services are examined in terms of potential bene?ts as well as considerations of security in mission critical situations. Strategy guidelines will be presented as a means for providing structure to this decision-making process.

An Evaluation of U.S. City Government Wireless Networks for Mobile Internet Access

2011 ◽  
pp. 1658-1670
Author(s):  
Ben Coaker ◽  
Candace Deans
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Networks ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Emergency Services ◽  
Internet Access ◽  
The United States ◽  
Mobile Internet ◽  
City Government ◽  
City Governments ◽  
Network Support ◽  
Telecommunications Companies

The purpose of this chapter is to provide guidelines for city governments considering implementing large-scale wireless networks to provide Internet access for their citizens and businesses. Case studies of cities in the United States that have implemented wireless networks will be evaluated in the context of opportunities and potential challenges. Some key considerations discussed in this chapter involve free versus fee-based models, security considerations, con?icts with local telecommunications companies, and network support. Opportunities to bene?t police and emergency services are examined in terms of potential bene?ts as well as considerations of security in mission critical situations. Strategy guidelines will be presented as a means for providing structure to this decision-making process.

Evidence from Google Trends of a Widening Second-level Digital Divide in Brazil. Even Worse with the Covid-19

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 121-154
Author(s):  
Renato P. dos Santos ◽  
M Şahin Bülbül ◽  
Isadora L Lemes
Keyword(s):  
Digital Divide ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Internet Access ◽  
Analysis Data ◽  
Mobile Internet ◽  
Google Trends ◽  
Statistical Research ◽  
Broadband Internet ◽  
Choropleth Maps ◽  
The Impact

Background: While Brazilian governmental initiatives focused on home broadband Internet access, availability of computers for students in schools has been drastically reduced since 2010. Furthermore, schools usually prohibits mobile Internet access in its premises, contrarily to the migration of students’ access to smartphones.  Objectives: This study investigates the impact of the increasing home and mobile Internet access on the existing educational inequalities. Design: This study made use of quantitative, locally statistical research to investigate the reproduction or closing of existing educational digital divide across already contrasting Brazilian regions. Setting and Participants: Child or adolescent from 9 to 17 years of age and their guardians, interviewed by CETIC.br. Data collection and analysis: Data was obtained from the CETIC.br data portal and the Google Trends webpage. Data were analysed by means of local geostatistical measures of spatial autocorrelation and inequality, as well as bivariate choropleth maps. Results: Our results suggest that the Brazilian school system is failing to cultivate in their students the more productive use of Internet access and therefore contributing to the widening of the existing second-level digital divide between regions and social classes. Conclusions: This digital divide was critically exacerbated by the arrival of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the suspension of presential classes.Brazilian policymakers should concentrate efforts and resources in addressing this large-scale second-level digital divide, possibly by equipping educators and students with the knowledge and skills towards the educational, productive and responsible use of the Internet, as well as allowing mobile Internet access in school premises.

“If in doubt, count”: the role of community-driven enumerations in blocking eviction in Old Fadama, Accra

2012 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Braimah R Farouk ◽  
Mensah Owusu
Keyword(s):  
Urban Poor ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Informal Settlement ◽  
Informal Settlements ◽  
Population Data ◽  
City Government ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
City Governments ◽  
New City

This paper describes the community-driven enumerations undertaken in Old Fadama, the largest informal settlement in Accra, which has long been threatened with eviction. After meeting with members of shack dweller federations from other nations, residents formed the Ghana Homeless People’s Federation in 2003 (now known as the Ghana Federation of the Urban Poor (GHAFUP). Together with the NGO People’s Dialogue on Human Settlements, they supported the first community-driven enumeration in Old Fadama in 2004 to counter the threat of eviction, by showing the large scale of economic activities in the community and the gap in accurate population data. This was followed by further enumerations, in 2006–2007 and in 2009, to counter new eviction threats from new city governments. These enumerations increased the residents’ confidence, empowering them in terms of engagement with city government. They also changed government’s perspective on informal settlements and helped shape policy away from forced evictions towards participatory relocations or rehabilitation.

City Government Capacity and Patterns in Urban Development Project Governance

2020 ◽  
pp. 107808741989780 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luise Noring ◽  
Laura Prisca Ohler ◽  
David Struthers
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Mutual Influence ◽  
Development Project ◽  
City Government ◽  
City Governments ◽  
Project Outcomes ◽  
Project Governance ◽  
Governance Strategies ◽  
Government Capacity

This article explores the mutual influence between a city government’s jurisdictional capacity (its ability to plan and implement policy) and its interactions with other governance actors. It does so by quantifying, categorizing, and analyzing the composition of governance actors at various levels (national, regional, local) and of various types (public, private, civic) that are active in large-scale urban development projects in three cities: Hamburg, Manchester, Pittsburgh. Considering these findings in the context of national governance infrastructures, the article argues that divergent arrays of jurisdictional capacity (linked to multilevel distributions of state power) influence how city governments engage with other governance actors and influence which governance actors they engage with. This not only impacts project outcomes but also ultimately reinforces the kinds of governance strategies in which cities engage.

Fall-Behind Parents? The Influential Factors on Digital Parenting Self-Efficacy in Disadvantaged Communities

2018 ◽  
Vol 62 (9) ◽  
pp. 1186-1206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gejun Huang ◽  
Xiaoqian Li ◽  
Wenhong Chen ◽  
Joseph D. Straubhaar
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Public Housing ◽  
Low Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Internet Access ◽  
The United States ◽  
Parental Engagement ◽  
Influential Factors ◽  
Mobile Internet ◽  
Disadvantaged Communities

As the Internet penetration in the United States increases, many digital divide researchers have delved into the parent–child dynamics regarding family digital access and use. However, little attention has been paid to digital parenting in terms of monitoring, guiding, and regulating children’s digital lives, especially in the context of disadvantaged communities. As an initial step to fill the critical gaps in related literature, this study casts light on factors that affect the self-efficacy of digital parenting in disadvantaged urban communities. Using a census survey of public housing households in one of the largest public housing authorities in the United States, we found that single motherhood and home Internet access significantly accounted for low–socioeconomic status parents’ digital parenting self-efficacy. We also found that parental engagement in children’s school activities strongly affected their digital parenting self-efficacy. By contrast, we found that other sociodemographic and socioeconomic factors (i.e., gender, education, race/ethnicity), mobile Internet access, parents’ homework help, and educational expectation fail to be contributing factors.

scholarly journals Assistive Technology and Older Adults in Disasters: Implications for Emergency Management

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 135-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Helen McSweeney-Feld
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Assistive Technology ◽  
Emergency Management ◽  
Emergency Services ◽  
The United States ◽  
Management Service ◽  
Management Planning ◽  
Emergency Management Planning ◽  
Potential Benefits

AbstractThis article identifies concepts, trends, and policy gaps in the availability and service delivery of assistive technology utilized by older adults in disasters, as well as implications for emergency management planning and shelter administration. Definitions of types of assistive technology, as well as views of older adults using technology as at-risk individuals for emergency management service provision, are provided. An overview of peer-reviewed articles and gray literature is conducted, focusing on publications from 2001 to the present in the United States. Analytical frameworks used by emergency management organizations as well as regulations such as the Americans with Disabilities Act and recent court decisions on emergency shelter accessibility in disasters are reviewed. Research on the use of assistive technology by older adults during disasters is a neglected issue. The current and potential benefits of defining standards for provision and use of assistive technology for older adults during disasters has received limited recognition in emergency management planning. Older adults with disabilities utilize assistive technology to maintain their independence and dignity, and communities as well as emergency services managers need to become more aware of the needs and preferences of these older adults in their planning processes and drills as well as in service delivery during actual events. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2017;11:135–139)

Cancer Screening

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer M. Croswell ◽  
Russell P. Harris ◽  
Barnett S. Kramer
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Pap Smear ◽  
Complex Mixture ◽  
The United States ◽  
Performance Criteria ◽  
Screening Programs ◽  
Psa Screening ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
Criteria For Evaluation

Screening has long been portrayed as an inherently beneficial activity that saves lives, rather than as a complex mixture of potential benefits and harms that must be carefully weighed for each modality. The early success of the Pap smear in reducing deaths from cervical cancer may have inadvertently fostered simplistic messaging about unqualified benefits of screening. Over time, large-scale randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of prostate and other cancers have highlighted the potential harms caused by mass screening programs (especially those related to overdiagnosis and unnecessary treatment) and have revealed the counterintuitive elements involved in evaluating such programs. The criteria for evaluation now extend beyond the performance criteria of the test itself to include the net balance of benefits, risks, and costs. PSA screening, widely used in the United States since the late 1980s, has now been removed from the list of routinely recommended procedures, based on evidence from RCTs.

Gender Difference in the Motivations of Mobile Internet Usage

2007 ◽  
pp. 296-301
Author(s):  
S. Okazaki
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Internet Access ◽  
The United States ◽  
Mobile Internet ◽  
Internet Usage ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Information Systems Professionals ◽  
Rapid Pace ◽  
Mobile Handset

The rapid pace of adoption of Web-enabled mobile handsets in worldwide markets has become an increasingly important issue for information systems professionals. A recent survey indicates that the number of global mobile Internet adopters is expected to reach nearly 600 million by 2008 (Ipsos-Insight, 2004; Probe Group, 2004), while the number of Internet-connected mobile phones will exceed the number of Internet-connected PCs by 2005 (The Economist, 2001). Such drastic convergence of the Internet and the mobile handset has been led by Asian and Scandinavian countries, where penetration has been especially meteoric. For example, roughly 70 million people in Japan, or 55% of the population, have signed up for mobile Internet access, in comparison to 12% in the United States (Faiola, 2004; Greenspan, 2003). Consequently, mobile phones or Keitai have been converted into devices for surfing the Internet, and by 2004 monthly mobile spending per consumer exceeded 35 euro.

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