Description
Book SynopsisThis text maps out new networks of information and power, and presents an overview of one of the strongest growing areas in geography, namely technology. It is covered in three parts: conceptualizing electronic space; global electronic commerce; and urban, regional and national development.
Table of ContentsSpace, 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.
