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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Steve Graham , Simon MarvinPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 3.60cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.907kg ISBN: 9780415119023ISBN 10: 0415119022 Pages: 456 Publication Date: 28 December 1995 Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Tertiary & Higher Education , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents1 INTRODUCTION Telecommunications and the city: parallel transformations; Telecommunications and urban transformations; The urban ‘impacts’ of telecommunications; The neglect of telecommunications in urban studies; The need for more sophisticated approaches to city—telecommunications relations; The transformation of telecommunications: from the ‘Plain Old Telephone Service’ (POTS) to telematics; The transformation of cities: towards planetary urban networks 2 TELECOMMUNICATIONS AS A PARADIGM CHALLENGE FOR URBAN STUDIES AND POLICY 3 APPROACHING TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND THE CITY 4 URBAN ECONOMIES 5 THE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL LIFE OF THE CITY 6 URBAN ENVIRONMENTS 7 URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRANSPORTATION 8 URBAN PHYSICAL FORM 9 URBAN PLANNING, POLICY AND GOVERNANCE 10 CONCLUSIONSReviewsIt is splendid and will become mandatory reading on my courses at Berkeley. I am sure it is going to become a classic. <br>. <br>-Manuel Castells, University of California, Berkeley <br>... a tour de force. The authors show by example that electronics has not made clear thinking obsolete or unnecessary. If you want an idea of what may be going on with current technologies in cities, this is the book to buy and read. <br>- Planning Magazine <br> Any geographer seriously interested in the future of urban settlement in the US or across the world will gain much from a careful reading of this book...crisp, clear, and engaging. <br>- Professional Geographer <br>... a book worth absorbing by all who have an interest in what our cities will look like in the second half of the 21st century. <br>- Habitat Magazine The book demonstrates the importance and the possibility of careful theoretical reflection...[It] allows the reader to make sense ofdiverse and competing arguments in new ways. <br> It is splendid and will become mandatory reading on my courses at Berkeley. I am sure it is going to become a classic. . -Manuel Castells, University of California, Berkeley ... a tour de force. The authors show by example that electronics has not made clear thinking obsolete or unnecessary. If you want an idea of what may be going on with current technologies in cities, this is the book to buy and read. - Planning Magazine Any geographer seriously interested in the future of urban settlement in the US or across the world will gain much from a careful reading of this book...crisp, clear, and engaging. - Professional Geographer ... a book worth absorbing by all who have an interest in what our cities will look like in the second half of the 21st century. - Habitat Magazine The book demonstrates the importance and the possibility of careful theoretical reflection...[It] allows the reader to make sense ofdiverse and competing arguments in new ways. Author InformationStephen Graham and Simon Marvin are both Lecturers at the Centre for Urban Technology, Department of Town and Country Planning, University of Newcastle. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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