Digitization as a Driver fur Rural Development—An Indicative Description of German Coworking Space Users

Hölzel, Marco; Vries, Walter Timo de

doi:10.3390/land10030326

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“…Still, the evidence by Mariotti et al (2021) suggests that coworking environments in rural and peripheral areas have steadily grown, mainly as the share of teleworkers outside of metropolitan areas primarily increased. Hölzel & de Vries (2021) confirmed the trend of rural coworking popularisation and outlined that using a selected coworking space contributes to teleworkers avoiding social isolation, separating private and professional life, and reducing personal and professional life commute. From a perspective of a local environment, rural areas can benefit from a coworking space by making the selected location more attractive for other teleworkers who are homebound in urban areas.…”

Section: The Pre-pandemic Workplace For 'Working Alone Together'supporting

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KNOWCON 2021. Knowledge on Economics and Management: Conference Proceedings

2021

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CBDC (central bank digital currency) is a rising economic topic internationally in the last few years. CBDC is not yet introduced as payment tool, beside the pilot projects. The first choice to be made is to use the CBDC in a certain national economy or not, and it is based on political aims, economic interests, objectives of business development and social welfare. Meanwhile the taxonomy of CBDC is quite complicated and growing in abundance, even before the official circulation had started. There is not "one option fit all" scenario for CBDC. It is theoretically possible in one and the same national economy different CBDC types to be used, as per aims to be reached. Highly developed economies are likely to have different choices than the lower developed ones; the macroeconomic reasoning, might lead to decision on CBDC different than the micro economic ones. The choice for a CBDC volume/ share of all national money, the choice when to have CBDC, other choices like convertibility, trans border CBDC operation opportunities, privacy, specific incentives and limitations continue the list of complex choices to be made for CBDC. The final decision compromise is up to the prevailing economic philosophy of policy makers. Although CBDC as any fiat money form is a state matter, it could not survive without the support of the population. The final choice belongs to money users-companies and people.

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Section: The Pre-pandemic Workplace For 'Working Alone Together'supporting

confidence: 60%

KNOWCON 2021. Knowledge on Economics and Management: Conference Proceedings

2021

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“…However, increasingly, there are also coworking spaces in rural areas [80,[95][96][97]. Previous publications also confirm this [97][98][99], arguing that with the presence of co-workers in rural areas could reactivate the use of previously abandoned houses in rural village centres. Regardless of whether of the location is in rural or non-rural areas, it is still largely unknown to what extent the location of a CWS relates to land use or to the presence of other specific facilities and services.…”

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Location of Coworking Spaces (CWSs) Regarding Vicinity, Land Use and Points of Interest (POIs)

Hölzel

Kolsch

Vries

2022

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Background: The place of work is, besides the place of residence, a main travel destination in the course of the day for working people, who make up the majority of western European societies. Other daily destinations, such as those for childcare, social activities, and buying groceries, are spatially related to both of these. This article aims to detect if and how the character of the neighbourhood and the associated land use is related to the location of coworking spaces. Specifically, we investigate the spatial relation between coworking spaces (CWSs) in peripheral and non-peripheral regions to specific points of interest (POIs). These POIs could be daily destinations relevant for a common lifestyle of working people. The data rely on identifying the location of CWSs (peripheral/non-peripheral, land use) in Germany and relating the location of CWSs to the location of POIs using georeferenced data. The results show an accumulation of CWSs and POIs in non-peripheral regions and residential areas and a higher number of specific POIs in their vicinity. From these results, we infer that a relatively higher number of specific POIs in the vicinity of CWSs makes it more likely to use this service and thus provides specific advantages to users of CWSs. If work is performed in a CWS close to the place of residence, other daily destinations could be reached in a short time and the spending capacity could remain in the local economy. The quality of life could increase, and the commute is shrinking with effects on traffic, carbon emission, and work–life balance. Further research could investigate whether this also occurs in an international context, and could focus on developing social-spatial models, by making of use remote sensing. In this way, one could measure the impact on public space and on the neighbourhood of CWSs more quantitatively.

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“…The development of Co-working Spaces in rural areas could therefore play a pivotal role in facilitating this new distribution of labour, by providing access to broadband-enabled technology, and spaces where home-workers can co-work and collaborate. This potential shift in the location of work, from urban to rural areas, could help build new networks within local communities, support other local businesses and service providers, improve the vitality and attractiveness of an area and ultimately help develop the local economy (Hölzel and De Vries, 2021).…”

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A guide to developing a rural digital hub

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Deville

Ashmore

2021

Local Economy: The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit

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This paper outlines the development of a Rural Digital Hub Guide. Digital hubs comprise one of a range of solutions that policymakers can implement in rural regions to promote digital engagement among communities and businesses. The guide was developed as part of an Interreg VB North Sea Europe Programme which focussed on testing innovative solutions to the Urban-rural digital divide by improving digital skills, services and infrastructure. This paper explains how the Rural Digital Hub Guide was researched and developed, the creation of a typology of digital hubs and the key steps that policymakers need to consider when establishing a digital hub in their region.

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Digitization as a Driver fur Rural Development—An Indicative Description of German Coworking Space Users

Cited by 29 publications

References 56 publications

KNOWCON 2021. Knowledge on Economics and Management: Conference Proceedings

KNOWCON 2021. Knowledge on Economics and Management: Conference Proceedings

Location of Coworking Spaces (CWSs) Regarding Vicinity, Land Use and Points of Interest (POIs)

A guide to developing a rural digital hub

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