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Digital Urbanism in Southern Italy

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  • Arturo Di Bella

    (Department of Political and Social Science, University of Catania, Catania, Sicily, Italy)

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This article presents an analysis of the presence in, and use of, the web by some forms of digital citizenry in a city of southern Italy: Catania. Its primary aim is to analyze how, also in a weak civil society, information and communication technologies (ICTs) create new opportunities for extending public sphere and for learning new modes of participatory local action for sustainable urban development. The local experiences presented in this research indicate that ICTs can facilitate a redistribution of local social powers, offering infrastructures and tools useful for implementing a continuous process of social interaction, exchange of knowledge and the development of practices, influencing policy processes and planning models.

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  • Arturo Di Bella, 2012. "Digital Urbanism in Southern Italy," International Journal of E-Planning Research (IJEPR), IGI Global, vol. 1(4), pages 73-87, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:igg:jepr00:v:1:y:2012:i:4:p:73-87
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