Technology and the resilience of metropolitan regions / edited by Michael A. Pagano ; contributors, Randy Blankernhorn [and twelve others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pagano, Michael A., editor.

Blankernhorn, Randy, contributor.

Series:

Urban agenda (Urbana, Ill.)

Urban Agenda.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Internet in public administration--United States.

Internet in public administration.

Technology--Social aspects--United States.

Technology.

Technology--Political aspects--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (177 pages)

Place of Publication:

Urbana, [Illinois] ; Chicago, [Illinois] ; Springfield, [Illinois] : University of Illinois Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Can today's city govern well if its citizens lack modern technology? How important is access to computers for lowering unemployment? What infrastructure does a city have to build in order to attract new business?In this new collection, Michael A. Pagano curates engagement with such questions by public intellectuals, stakeholders, academics, policy analysts, and citizens. Each essay explores issues related to the impact and opportunities technology provides in government and citizenship, health care, workforce development, service delivery to citizens, and metropolitan growth. As the authors show, rapidly emerging technologies and access to such technologies shape the ways people and institutions interact in the public sphere and private marketplace. The direction of metropolitan growth and development, in turn, depends on access to appropriate technology scaled and informed by the individual, household, and community needs of the region.Contributors include Randy Blankenhorn, Bénédicte Callan, Jane Fountain, Sandee Kastrul, Karen Mossberger, Dan O'Neil, Michelle Russell, Alfred Tatum, Stephanie Truchan, Darrel West, and Howard Wial.

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Part One: Overview; Toward Connected, Innovative, and Resilient Metro Regions. Karen Mossberger, Chen-Yu Kao, and Kuang; Part Two: White Papers; Connecting Technologies to Citizenship. Jane E. Fountain; Discussant: Toward a Market Approach for Civic Innovation. Daniel X. O'Neil; A Factory in Every Home? Emerging Manufacturing Technologies and Metropolitan Development. Howard Wi; Discussant: The Influence of Technology on Advanced Manufacturing, Private R&D, and Infrastructure

Workforce Development and Technology. Darrell M. West Discussant: Helping Woman and Minorities See-and Reach-the Stars in STEM. Sandee Kastrul ; Discussant: Technology and the Workplace: A Focus on Educational Pathways. Alfred Tatum; Health Care Super Utilizers: Improving Community Care through Health Information Technologies and; Discussant: The Potential Global Impact of Smart Technology on Health Services. Michelle Stohlmeyer ; Part Three: Synthesis and Recommendations; Plugged In: Connecting Citizens in Chicago and Beyond. Stephanie Truchan ; What's Next?; Contributors

Notes:

"Published for the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs (CUPPA), University of Illinois at Chicago."

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-252-08073-4

OCLC:

909028544