picted in Figure 2.25. Telecomia would not exist alone, of course. Just as we now have large and small cities and towns, suburbs, semi-rural and rural areas, Telecomia is more likely to develop as an additional feature. In fact it can already be seen in small towns and villages such as Breckenridge in Colorado, Gorde in France or Little Missenden in the United Kingdom. Telecomia will not replace the urban sprawl of Los Angeles, or the poverty of Mumbai, but it might release some pressure. This new configuration would tend to increase infrastructure spend as support services for habitation such as water, heating/cooling energy and sewage become more dispersed, less concentrated for many people. The local economy would also be stimulated for location-dependent services, local manufacture (e.g. fresh bread) and distribution (e.g. retail shopping). INFRASTRUCTURE TO 2030: TELECOM, LAND TRANSPORT, WATER AND ELECTRICITY - ISBN 92-64-02398-4 © OECD 2006 2. TELECOMS INFRASTRUCTURE TO 2030 Figure 2.25. Dispersion of residency and workplaces with teleworking and teleshopping Urbania Rural Suburbia Suburbia Urbania Telecomia Rural/semi-rural 1700-1910 1910-2020 Trend after 2020+ Rural/semi-suburbia Dominance of the city as Population migrates Cities shrink and tend to return manufacturing and trade to the suburbs in many to residential areas, with centre (largely in the OECD countries entertainment and hotel functions OECD community) Nevertheless, these impacts are not likely to be of major significance for two reasons. First, the number of people teleworking is likely to grow only slowly (this is explored in more detail in the section below). Second, it should be remembered that telecommunications and ICT generally traditionally has the effect of supporting urbanisation. In the developing world the trend towards urbanisation is unlikely to be affected by the availability of teleworking, except where specific policies are put in place to locate knowledge industries in small cities and villages. This would be a way to encour