abstract nowadays, understanding and strengthening of social networks and services in rural settlements and consciously facility and service managing as a rural development planning trend policy not only helps the optimum distribution of facilities and resources in rural areas but physical integrity and structure of the suitable habitat space. village of shirvan, the scope of our study, is one ...

With the advent of electronic services the globe can be packed as a single village that is called global village. In Global village (GV) all users would access to E-services regardless to geographical and political boundaries among countries. Therefore, software development corporations need to develop global systems and consider the requirements and situation of all users in the world for emer...

garmeh village (located in khour and biabanak county in isfahan province) is a desert village and given the deprived condition of this area and difficulty of finding a job in this village, it is necessary to take required steps for elimination of deprivation, improvement of employment and income and enhancement of its infrastructures using all available opportunities, capabilities and capacitie...

Electronic media and new technology have changed the way we communicate and collect information, and this is the case especially if we look at the evolution of the Internet. The phenomenon of new technology is not unexpected and a few decades ago Marshall McLuhan was mentioning the importance the electronic media, and also the global village, would have for the individual and for the structures...

More and more schools are facing the challenge of preserving local community’s culture while preparing the citizens of the “global village”. In this paper we discuss how communityware can support schools in facing this new challenge. In particular, we describe the experience of a school in Venice, Italy, with the adoption of Campiello, a system supporting the exchange of information among commu...

This study examines the sources of geographic variance in commercial Internet use. Until now, two opposing views have been argued on the relationship between Internet technology and economic agglomeration. One view, which we term global village theory, asserts that Internet technology helps lower communication costs and break down geographic boundaries between firms. The other view, labeled urb...

the following study aims to present a consistent framework for the sustainable development of the troglodyte village of kandovan, taking into consideration the present situation of the village and the paramount importance of preserving its unique way of life with the ultimate goal of making efficient improvements on the living conditions of its inhabitants. located in north-western iran, this t...