Telecommunications and the City: Electronic Spaces, Urban Places

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Telecommunications and the City provides the first critical, state-of-the-art review of the impact of telecommunications on city development and management. Drawing on a range of theoretical approaches and a wide body of research, this book addresses key academic and policy

Author(s): Steve Graham, Simon Marvin
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 1996

Language: English
Pages: 453

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
List of plates......Page 9
List of figures......Page 10
List of boxes......Page 13
Preface......Page 14
Acknowledgements......Page 16
INTRODUCTION Telecommunications and the city: parallel transformations......Page 20
TELECOMMUNICATIONS AS A PARADIGM CHALLENGE FOR URBAN STUDIES AND POLICY......Page 66
APPROACHING TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND THE CITY Competing perspectives......Page 96
URBAN ECONOMIES......Page 142
THE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL LIFE OF THE CITY......Page 190
URBAN ENVIRONMENTS......Page 258
URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRANSPORTATION......Page 296
URBAN PHYSICAL FORM......Page 330
URBAN PLANNING, POLICY AND GOVERNANCE......Page 356
CONCLUSIONS Telecommunications and urban futures......Page 394
Guide to further reading......Page 404
Bibliography......Page 411
Index......Page 440