Sustainable development in the rural US Midwest: the m-commerce solution. The wireless critical infrastructure
by Michael Stoica, Bill Roach
International Journal of Critical Infrastructures (IJCIS), Vol. 2, No. 4, 2006

Abstract: Economic and social sustainability represent a major problem in the rural Midwest US. In recent decades local economies lost numerous jobs and many businesses. The quality of life has eroded. The paper analyses the sustainability of the rural economy and identifies a strategy for reversing the downward economic and social spiral. The strategy, suggested by the analysis of responses to a survey administrated to over 900 businesses in rural Midwest, is to make a wireless infrastructure the key element of any plan for future development. Government involvement is essential for the success of this new strategy.

Online publication date: Tue, 21-Nov-2006

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