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This book presents a multi-level governance framework which explores how local leaders use policy opportunity and community resilience to address inequity in broadband infrastructure. The federal policy landscape for broadband is changing, and this book provides clear insights on how policy can support the people and places left behind.
List of contents
Preface
Part 1 Policy and Theoretical Background 1. Why Does the Digital Divide Persist in the US? 2. Federal-State Realignment of Broadband and Digital Equity Policy in the United States 3. The Importance of State Policy Design
Part 2 Local Initiatives Lead the Way 4. Framework for Local Action 5. Minnesota - An Early Leader in Addressing Rural Broadband 6. Colorado and Maine - Regional and Middle Mile Approaches 7. Getting Around Preemption: The Power of Public-Private Partnerships
Part 3 Institutional Leadership for Digital Equity 8. Indigenous Leadership in Addressing the Digital Divide 9. Outreach and Education Responses to the Digital Divide: Research and Action through Cooperative Extension
Part 4 Implications for the Future 10. A New Policy Window to Center Digital Inclusion
About the author
Mildred E. Warner is a Professor of City and Regional Planning and of Global Development and directs the Polson Institute of Global Development. She is an expert on state and local government policy and has published widely on infrastructure, economic development, finance, service delivery and community development.
Natassia Bravo is a Ph.D. Candidate in City and Regional Planning. Her research focuses on infrastructure policy, especially rural broadband access. She has published popular reports on broadband policy and local initiative. She and Dr. Warner were winners of the Charles Benton Broadband & Society Prize, in 2023. Her research focuses on infrastructure policy, especially rural broadband access, and she has published popular reports on broadband policy and local initiative.
Duxixi (Ada) Shen is an infrastructure planning consultant and former researcher at Cornell whose research focuses on bridging the digital divide in a wide array of communities including Colorado, Maine, Alaska and the Choctaw Indian Nation. She received her master's degree in Regional Planning from Cornell.
