Digital divide in Italy and Europe

Project of the "Data and Results Visualization" course.

• Main analysis: https://digital-divide-italy.herokuapp.com/;
• Supplementary analysis: it can be found in the docs folder.

Mission

The goal of this project is to analyze in detail what is the actual scenario in Italy in terms of digital society and economy, namely all those aspects related to what, where and how technologies are used. This includes: level of internet access, type of connections, type of devices used, availability of computers, ICT usage at work etc. The analysis will be carried on with the idea of obtaining a detailed comparison at national level, and then expanding the area to the whole Europe.

Libraries

• pandas
• geopandas
• matplotlib
• seaborn
• plotly
• dash

Data

Source: ISTAT (http://dati.istat.it/Index.aspx)

• 1st block:
  • families and internet access
  • families and type of connection
  • e-commerce
  • online sale/purchase
• 2nd block:
  • e-invoicing
  • cloud computing
  • big data analysis
  • skills and training in ICT
• 3rd block:
  • industry 4.0 - technological areas of acquisitions
  • industry 4.0 - digitazion factors
  • ICT of the enterprise
  • enterprises with innovation activities (regional data)

Source: EU Digital Agenda (https://digital-agenda-data.eu/)

• Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI): The Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI) is a composite index that summarises relevant indicators on Europe’s digital performance and tracks the evolution of EU Member States, across five main dimensions: Connectivity, Human Capital, Use of Internet, Integration of Digital Technology, Digital Public Services.
• Key Indicators: European Commission services selected various indicators, divided into thematic groups, which illustrate some key dimensions of the European information society. These indicators allow a comparison of progress across European countries as well as over time.

Structure and tasks assignment

The following is a draft of what will be the structure of the notebook.

• Italy: firstly, the analysis will be done at national level, taking and processing data to show the differences between the regions.
  • 1st block --> Alessandro
  • 2nd block --> Paolo
  • 3rd block --> Mattia
• Europe: then, the analysis will be expanded to the whole Europe, in order to make a comparison between all the countries.