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ICTs and Participation in Developing Countries

Repetti, Alexandre
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Bolay, Jean-Claude  
Silva, Carlos
2010
Handbook of Research on E-Planning: ICTs for Urban Development and Monitoring

Developing cities are experiencing substantial gaps in urban planning. They are due to approaches and instruments that do not correspond to the realities of the developing city including the prevalence of informal sector and slums, urban governance problem, and few resources. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) now offer enormous possibilities to use information flows, communication, and land-use models better. ICTs offer solutions that take greater account of informal activities, enable discussions with civil society and Internet forums to take place, etc. ICTs can enhance the planning of developing cities, if conditions are right. The chapter provides a review of the situation in developing cities. It analyses the challenges and potential of using ICTs to improve urban planning. Lastly, it puts forward key conditions for the successful and relevant implementation of ICTs in order to create the best conditions for real technological added value.

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book part or chapter
DOI
10.4018/978-1-61520-929-3.ch016
Author(s)
Repetti, Alexandre
Bolay, Jean-Claude  
Editors
Silva, Carlos
Date Issued

2010

Publisher

IGI Global

Published in
Handbook of Research on E-Planning: ICTs for Urban Development and Monitoring
ISBN of the book

9781615209293

Start page

306

End page

323

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EPFL

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CODEV  
Available on Infoscience
February 17, 2010
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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/47484
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