Kista

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Kista
- A Digital Divide?
Ester Barinaga, Ph.D. Royal Institute of
Technology esterb_at_kth.se
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1. Kista2. Rinkeby3. Spånga-Tensta4.
Hässelby-Vällingby6. Bromma8. Kungsholmen9.
Norrmalm10. Östermalm12. Maria-Gamla Stan13.
Katarina-Sofia14. Enskede-Årsta15.
Skarpnäck18. Farsta20. Vantör21. Älvsjö22.
Liljeholmen23. Hägersten24. Skärholmen
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From military field to IT cluster?

• 1905 - 1966, military training field
• 1970, ABC-city

• Mid 70s, Swedes moved in
• 1979, the underground arrived
• Mid 80s, immigrants in, Swedes out
• 2002, average income 6000 kr/month

• 1977, Ericsson and IBM
• 1988, Electrum
• 1998, Kista Science Park
• 2002, Kista Science City

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Kista, facts figures

• 29 864 habitants
• 14 192 (48 - 33, 60, 45) with foreign
  background (cpr. 20 Stockholm)
• 12 665 (65,5) with a job, 10 376 commute to
  work elsewhere
• 17 (10 Scandinavians 55 elsewhere) on
  social subsidy
• 33 with university studies (cpr. 50 Stockholm)

• 26 549 jobs
• 2 289 covered by Kistas inhabitants
• 24 260 commuters to Kista

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Kista Science City

• Develop Kista into a Science City, a community
  with world leading companies, university,
  housing, culture, services, and recreation
  attracting the most highly competent people.

1. Stimulate IT-University development 2. Ensure
the development of competence 3. Attract world
leading companies 4. Develop an thriving urban
environment 5. Create a competitive, achievement
oriented climate.
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Kista District Administration

• Kista is a district in continuous development.
  There are many plans and visions for the Kista of
  the future. You can read below about the
  different plans.
• Vision for the future Kista Science City
• Catalogue of ideas for Husby-Akalla
• Decisions direction of Kista Science City

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Map of Kistawww.kista.it
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Bridging the Divide

• Kista Open Academy (KOA)
• Kista Matching, Iftiin
• E-democracy Cybervote
• Avanti
• Akalla-Husby NätOrt

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To think about

• Even in a developed, socialist, country such a
  Sweden, the Digital Divide is a present social
  concern distancing natives and no-natives, upper
  and lower-income classes.
• How is the Digital Divide to be bridged? Business
  sector has shown little, if any, interest public
  sector is burdened by budget-deficits individual
  private initiative?

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