New pathways to crisis resilience: Solutions for improved digital connectivity and capability in rural Australia

Marshall, Amber, Wilson, Carrie-Ann, and Dale, Allan (2023) New pathways to crisis resilience: Solutions for improved digital connectivity and capability in rural Australia. Media International Australia, 189 (1). pp. 24-42.

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Abstract

Despite recent investments in telecommunications infrastructure in regional Australia, a digital divide remains between rural and urban communities. The impacts of comparatively limited digital connectivity in rural Australia include fewer opportunities for economic participation, difficulty accessing health and educational services, and challenges responding to crisis events such as natual disasters and the COVID-19 pandemic. There is an acute need for improved access to robust mobile and broadband services before, during and after crises in rural Australia. This article presents solutions for improved digital connectivity and digital capability in Far North Queensland, founded in a project that brought together researchers, business owners, councils, development organisations, technical experts and service providers to collaboratively identify and define telecommunications challenges related to a catastrophic flood in 2019. The research supports telecommunications providers, state and local governments, and community development organisations working together to collaboratively invest in technical and social solutions that enable rural communities to achieve greater crisis resilience.

Item ID: 79536
Item Type: Article (Research - C1)
ISSN: 2200-467X
Keywords: Australia, crisis, digital connectivity, disaster, resilience, rural, telecommunications
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Copyright Information: © The Author(s) 2023
Date Deposited: 09 Aug 2023 00:03
FoR Codes: 40 ENGINEERING > 4006 Communications engineering > 400605 Optical fibre communication systems and technologies @ 50%
40 ENGINEERING > 4006 Communications engineering > 400608 Wireless communication systems and technologies (incl. microwave and millimetrewave) @ 50%
SEO Codes: 22 INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION SERVICES > 2201 Communication technologies, systems and services > 220103 Mobile technologies and communications @ 40%
22 INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION SERVICES > 2201 Communication technologies, systems and services > 220106 Satellite technologies, networks and services @ 30%
22 INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION SERVICES > 2201 Communication technologies, systems and services > 220107 Wireless technologies, networks and services @ 30%
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