Abstract

Utilization of Technologies in the Indian States: A GIS Analysis
Track: Urban and Regional Planning
Authors: James Pick, Tetsushi Nishida, Avijit Sarkar

The study uses GIS to address the problem of how socio-economic variables influence technology utilization in states of India for the period 2008-2010. A geography-based conceptual theory is developed for the digital divide in India, based on existing theories for the world, developing nations, and China. Mapping of K-Means cluster analysis indicate two poles of high technology use, in the north near Delhi and in far-southern states; this is corroborated by LISA techniques. Regression shows significant social-economic determinants of technology to be newspapers and periodicals, cooperative society memberships, and university education. The spatial findings are related to information technology (IT) policies for the Indian central and state governments. A new set of IT policy recommendations for Indian state governments is proposed.