| Description |
[ix], 350 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction: City Space, Industrial Space, and Cyberspace / James O. Wheeler, Yuko Aoyama and Barney Warf -- 2. Grassrooting the Space of Flows / Manuel Castells -- 3. How Telecommunications Systems are Transforming Urban Spaces / Mitchell L. Moss and Anthony M. Townsend -- 4. Where on Earth is the Internet? An Empirical Investigation of the Geography of Internet Real Estate / Martin Dodge and Narushige Shiode -- 5. Compromising Positions: The Body in Cyberspace / Barney Warf -- 6. Urban Planning and the Technological Future of Cities / Stephen Graham and Simon Marvin -- 7. Telecommunications Infrastructure and the City: Adapting to the Convergence of Technology and Policy / August E. Grant and Lon Berquist -- 8. Globalization, Local Governance, and the United States Telecommunications Act of 1996 / Stephen D. McDowell -- 9. Nokia as a Regional Information Technology Fountainhead / Stanley D. Brunn and Thomas R. Leinbach -- 10. From Dirt Road to Information Superhighway: Advanced Information Technology (AIT) and the Future of the Urban Poor / Bishwapriya Sanyal -- 11. Cyberspace or Human Space: Wither Cities in the Age of Telecommunications? / William B. Beyers -- 12. The Telecommunications Revolution and the Geography of Innovation / David B. Audretsch and Maryann P. Feldman -- 13. Industrial Location in the Information Age: An Analysis of Information-Technology-Intensive Industry / Darrene Hackler -- 14. Milieu Preferences among High-Technology Companies / Robert Mugerauer -- 15. Teleworking and the City: Myths of Workplace Transcendence and Travel Reduction / Andrew Gillespie and Ronald Richardson -- 16. The Political Salience of the Space of Flows: Information and Communication Technologies and the Restructuring City / Alan Southern -- 17. Travel, Gender, and Work: Emerging Commuting Choices in Inner-City Phoenix / Elizabeth K. Burns -- 18. Restructuring Writ Invisibly: Cellular Telephone Systems as a Means for Tracking Urban Circulation / Christopher Bertaut -- 19. People Versus Place: Telecommunications and Flexibility Requirements of the CBD / Nancey Green Leigh |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Cities and towns -- Effect of technological innovations on -- United States.
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Telecommunication -- Social aspects -- United States.
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| Author |
Wheeler, James O.
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Warf, Barney, 1956-
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Aoyama, Yuko.
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| LC no. |
99035013 |
| ISBN |
0415924413 hb |
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0415924421 pb |
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