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Strategies of Internet Development in the Asia-Pacific Region

Strategies of Internet Development in the Asia-Pacific Region Strategies of Internet Development 3 Strategies of Internet Development in the Asia-Pacific Region Becky P.Y. Loo INCE the 1990s, research has been conducted worldwide to examine the spatiality of Internet development. Early Sstudies focused primarily on the spatial diffusion of the Abramson Internet from the United States to the rest of the world. With the Batty and Barr huge global digital divide, much attention was put on the striking Goodman et al. Press differences among world regions. However, the situation has been changing rapidly since the mid-1990s. By 2005, the Asia-Pacific These forty economies are region, consisting of 40 economies , surpassed the Americas as the Afghanistan, Australia, world’s largest Internet community. The region had 372.5 million Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China Internet users, which constituted about 38.6 percent of the world’s (PRC), Fiji, French Polynesia, total. It surpassed the Americas (276.5 million; 28.7 percent) as the Guam, Hong Kong (PRC), India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Kiribati, world region having the largest number of Internet users. Korea (Rep.), Korea (DPR), Lao Nonetheless, the region also has a huge population base and (DPR), Macau (PRC), Malaysia, Maldives, Micronesia, Mongolia, its Internet development has been fraught with problems. In 2004, Myanmar, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Urban Technology Taylor & Francis

Strategies of Internet Development in the Asia-Pacific Region

Journal of Urban Technology , Volume 14 (1): 20 – Apr 1, 2007
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Taylor & Francis
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1466-1853
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Abstract

Strategies of Internet Development 3 Strategies of Internet Development in the Asia-Pacific Region Becky P.Y. Loo INCE the 1990s, research has been conducted worldwide to examine the spatiality of Internet development. Early Sstudies focused primarily on the spatial diffusion of the Abramson Internet from the United States to the rest of the world. With the Batty and Barr huge global digital divide, much attention was put on the striking Goodman et al. Press differences among world regions. However, the situation has been changing rapidly since the mid-1990s. By 2005, the Asia-Pacific These forty economies are region, consisting of 40 economies , surpassed the Americas as the Afghanistan, Australia, world’s largest Internet community. The region had 372.5 million Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China Internet users, which constituted about 38.6 percent of the world’s (PRC), Fiji, French Polynesia, total. It surpassed the Americas (276.5 million; 28.7 percent) as the Guam, Hong Kong (PRC), India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Kiribati, world region having the largest number of Internet users. Korea (Rep.), Korea (DPR), Lao Nonetheless, the region also has a huge population base and (DPR), Macau (PRC), Malaysia, Maldives, Micronesia, Mongolia, its Internet development has been fraught with problems. In 2004, Myanmar,

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Journal of Urban TechnologyTaylor & Francis

Published: Apr 1, 2007

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