The Rural Digital Divide in the Face of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Europe—Recommendations from a Scoping Review
Summary. The COVID-19 pandemic exposed digital vulnerability in rural Europe. This scoping review of 28 academic articles from 2016–2020 identifies barriers to digital access, connectivity, and digital skill use in rural areas. The authors synthesize seven immediate recommendations and three medium-term actions: evaluating public policies, using digital inclusion to combat rural depopulation, and training rural populations in advanced digital skills to enable entrepreneurship and social communication.
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Navarro, M. Á. E., García-Madurga, M., Morte-Nadal, T., & Nogales-Bocio, A. I.. (2020). The Rural Digital Divide in the Face of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Europe—Recommendations from a Scoping Review. Informatics. https://doi.org/10.3390/informatics7040054
Navarro, Miguel Ángel Esteban, et al. “The Rural Digital Divide in the Face of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Europe—Recommendations from a Scoping Review.” Informatics, 2020. https://doi.org/10.3390/informatics7040054.
Navarro, Miguel Ángel Esteban, Miguel-Ángel García-Madurga, Tamara Morte-Nadal, and Antonia Isabel Nogales-Bocio. 2020. “The Rural Digital Divide in the Face of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Europe—Recommendations from a Scoping Review.” Informatics. https://doi.org/10.3390/informatics7040054.
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- DOI
- 10.3390/informatics7040054
- Countries
- Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom
- Regions
- Europe
- Categories
- broadband-and-digital, policy, general-innovation
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- 2026-08-01