The challenge of the digital transformation of social services for inclusive and equitable metropolises

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The challenge of the digital transformation of social services for inclusive and equitable metropolises

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Digitization opens up new opportunities for the development and well-being of people, while at the same time generating new risks related to the digital divide, which can aggravate and deepen situations of inequality, social exclusion or mental and emotional discomfort. The social services of the metropolises are today at the center of this debate, given that their contribution in the answer to this equation will be crucial in the coming years.

(Toni Codina, International Congress of Metropolitan Solutions, September 2022)

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