Bridging the Digital Divide in the US Planning Innovative State and Local Approaches

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Taylor & Francis 2025
• Series: Community Development Research and Practice Series
• Subjects: broadband; Civil engineering, surveying and building; Community development; Development studies; digital equity; Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning; Geography; global development; Human geography; Interdisciplinary studies; planning; Politics and government; Public administration; public policy; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; Regional and area planning; regional planning; rural America; rural broadband; Social groups, communities and identities; Society and culture: general; Society and Social Sciences; Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes; telecommunication; Urban and municipal planning and policy; Urban communities; urban public housing

The US faces a deep digital divide which cuts across both urban and rural lines, but is most marked in rural, low income, and minority communities. This book presents a multi-level governance framework which explores how local leaders use policy opportunity and community resilience to address inequi...