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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP150102818
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Public Wi-Fi as Urban Infrastructure - the Australian Case. This research positions publicly provided Wi-Fi as a type of urban and civic infrastructure and asks whether there is a sound case for public investment in public Wi-Fi by local governments. Australia lags behind much of the world in providing public wireless internet access, but a surge of investment is closing the gap. This field-based research aims to appraise rationales for public Wi-Fi provision by examining the social, economic and civic impacts of network use. This project aims to fill major empirical and knowledge gaps about investment rationales, uses, and impacts of public Wi-Fi networks, and inform development of urban and communications policies.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 05-2015
End Date: 01-2020
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $289,715.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Communication Technology and Digital Media Studies | Urban Policy | Policy and Administration
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Expanding Knowledge in Economics | Public Services Policy Advice and Analysis | Mobile Data Networks and Services |
