Machine generated contents note: Ch. 1 Introduction -- Ch. 2 city in the digital age -- Ch. 3 Latin American metropolises' urban scene -- Ch. 4 ICT infrastructural networks and nodes in Latin America -- Ch. 5 ICT industries and businesses in the Latin American metropolises -- Ch. 6 ICTs networks in everyday life -- Ch. 7 ICTs in Lima as a case-study -- Ch. 8 ICTs in Buenos Aires as a case-study
Summary
Annotation Partial contents: Information & communication technology in urban settings. Technology & society. Societal changes. Towards the Network Society. Space & society. Technology & space. The city in the digital age. The urban scenes in Latin America. Urbanization. Transformations since the 1980s. Latin American metropolis of the 21st Century. ICT infrastructural networks & nodes. Telecommunications and digital networks. Industries & businesses. Hardware & software industries. Internet usage in cities. New types of urban & social interactions. Lima as a case study. Buenos Aires as a case study. Summary. Bibliography
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 294-313) and index
