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The Importance of ICT for Cities: e-Governance and Cyber Perceptions

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This paper offers a critical review of current debates on the importance and the potential of ICT for modern cities. Much attention is given to the opportunities offered by local e-governance, as a systematic strategy to exploit the potential of ICT for the public domain in European cities. Since the views of many experts and elected policy-makers in cities (so-called ‘urban frontliners’) is coloured by subjective expectations and perceptions, we examine in particular the extent to which the expected influences of ICT, as perceived by urban frontliners, affect their perceptions of the relevance of ICT to mitigate contemporary urban challenges. The final (empirical) part of the paper addresses the issue of the systematic study of cyber perceptions of cities in Europe.

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    In the sequel of this paper we will use the term e-governance, which will be interpreted as the use of ICT, combined with organizational change and new skills to improve public services, increase democratic participation and enhance public policy-making, sometimes in combination with private sector initiatives.

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    The survey was part of the European research project “TeleCityVision”, funded by the European Commission. The partners are: BIS (Germany), COMTEC (Ireland), CTS (Norway), ESI (The Netherlands), FHC (Spain), ICCR (Austria), THEMA (France) and ZTG (Germany).

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  1. Dept. of Spatial Economics, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Peter Nijkamp

  2. Dept. of Geography and School of Public Policy, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

    Galit Cohen-Blankshtain

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  1. Economics, Finance & Statistics, Jönköping Int. Business School, Jönköping University, Gjuterigatan 5, Jönköping, 551 11, Sweden

    Johan Klaesson

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Nijkamp, P., Cohen-Blankshtain, G. (2013). The Importance of ICT for Cities: e-Governance and Cyber Perceptions. In: Klaesson, J., Johansson, B., Karlsson, C. (eds) Metropolitan Regions. Advances in Spatial Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32141-2_13

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