Information Tectonics
Space, Place and Technology in an Electronic Age

Mark I. Wilson (Edited by), MI Wilson (Author), Kenneth E. Corey (Edited by)

9780471984276, Wiley

Hardback, published 20 April 2000

288 pages
25 x 17.4 x 2.1 cm, 0.624 kg

Im Mittelpunkt dieses modernen Bandes stehen drei Fragen: Was bedeutet die Informationstechnologie für unser Verständnis von Ort, Raum und Entfernung? Wie beeinflußt die Informationstechnologie Wirtschafts- und Handelsbeziehungen, Menschen und Lebensräume? Bringt die Informationstechnologie uns dem Ziel unserer Wünsche näher? Eine ausführliche Diskussion mit vielen interessanten neuen Gedanken. (04/00)

Space, Place and Technology in an Electronic Age (M. Wilson & K. Corey).

CONCEPTUALIZING ELECTRONIC SPACE.

The End of Geography or the Explosion of Place? Conceptualizing Space, Place and Information Technology (S. Graham).

Telecom Tectonics and the Meaning of Electronic Space (M. Wilson & C. Arrowsmith).

Human Rights and Welfare in the Electronic State (S. Brunn).

GLOBAL ELECTRONIC COMMERCE.

Telecommunications and Governance in Multinational Enterprises (E. Roche & M. Blaine).

Telecommunications and 24-Hour Trading in the International Securities Industry (J. Langdale).

Japanese Information Services in the Late Twentieth Century (B. Warf).

URBAN, REGIONAL AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

Cyberstructure and Social Forces -
The Japanese Experience (T. Morris-Suzuki & P. Rimmer).

Electronic Space -
Creating Cyber Communities in Southeast Asia (K. Corey).

Neighbours -
Australian and Indonesian Telecommunications Connections (P. Rimmer).

The Economic Development of Peripheral Rural Areas in the Information Age (R. Richardson & A. Gillespie).

Telematics, Geography, and Economic Development -
Can Local Initiatives Provide a Strategic Response? (D. Gibbs, et al).

References and Bibliography.

List of Contributors.

Index.

Subject Areas: Earth sciences [RB]