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What is Elastic Territories

Chapter 84
Encyclopedia of Networked and Virtual Organizations
Territories with high levels of information and knowledge dissemination, considered to be catalyzers to the less favored regions.
Published in Chapter:
Geography of the Information Society
Jorge Ricardo Costa Ferreira (New University of Lisbon, Portugal)
Copyright: © 2008 |Pages: 8
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-885-7.ch084
Abstract
All everyday activities take place in space, and it is upon this that all information and knowledge revolve. The latter are the key elements in the organization of territories. Their creation, use, and distribution should therefore occur in a balanced way throughout the whole territory in order to allow all individuals to participate in an egalitarian society, in which the flow of knowledge can take precedence over the flow of interests.
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