Regional structure and telecommunications planning |
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Authors: | David Cleevely |
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Institution: | David Cleevely is a Principal Consultant at EIU Informaticss, The Economist Intelligence Unit, 27 St James''s Place, London, SW 1A 1NT, UK. |
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Abstract: | The general role of telecommunications in economic development has been recognized, but there remain some important specific issues in matching telecommunications planning to development goals. The author suggests a new approach, based on models relating regional structure to telecommunications demand. Data, which are readily available, on populations in places and rural areas within a region are used to derive a regional structure composed of places and the links between them. These links are found to be very closely related to telecommunications demand. This article suggests that telecommunications and development planners in the Third World should pay particular attention to ensuring that all the links between places in a region are served, and that the models presented here could form the basis for suitable planning criteria. |
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Keywords: | Telecommunications planning Regional development Central place theory |
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