| The Cybercities Reader Contributor(s): Graham, Steve (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415279550 ISBN-13: 9780415279550 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $228.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2003 Annotation: Rejecting the hype, generalization, and the extreme optimism and pessimism that have dominated debates in the field, "The Cybercities Reader" is the first book to bring together a vast range of debates and examples of ICT-based city changes. Combining 63 of the best writings on cities and new technologies and 25 specially commissioned pieces from the world's best social scientists, the book's sweep is unmatched. As well as including some of the best work on histories and theories of cybercities, the book includes state of the art analyses of the relations between transport and telecommunications, "bricks" and "bytes" urban economies, virtual and place-based communities, mobile phones and city streets, surveillance and the city, cities and digital divides, the meaning of place and cyberspace, and urban planning and city media strategies. Our world is urbanizing fast, changing the way we live, work, create wealth, travel, interact, and relate to the places around us. It therefore becomes imperative to understand how cities and new information and media technologies relate. "The Cybercities Reader" will prove indispensable reading to anyone interested in how this intersection of cities and new media are shaping societies, economies, and cultures on our increasingly urbanized and mediated planet. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - Urban - Social Science | Human Geography - Science | Earth Sciences - Geography |
| Dewey: 303.483 |
| LCCN: 2003010584 |
| Series: Routledge Urban Readers (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 1.03" H x 7.6" W x 9.98" (2.50 lbs) 464 pages |
| Themes: - Demographic Orientation - Urban |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Providing the most comprehensive, international and interdisciplinary analysis yet of the relationships between cities, urban life and new technologies, this informative book incorporates detailed discussions of cybercity history, theory, economic processes, mobilities, physical forms, social and cultural worlds, digital divides, public domains, strategies, politics and futures. The book includes coverage of post modern technoculture, virtual reality and the body, global city economies, urban surveillance, e-commerce, teleworking, community informatics, digital architecture, urban technology strategies, and the role of cities and new technologies in the 'war on terrorism'. The first interdisciplinary book to address the complex interrelationships between the use and application of electronic technologies and practices and processes of contemporary metropolitan life, this key text adopts a uniquely international perspective. Detailed case studies include 'virtual cities' in Amsterdam, Internet cabins in Lima, back offices in Jamaica, and 'smart' highways in Melbourne. An excellent teaching aid with part, section and individual extract introductions, this outstanding book provides an up-to-date snapshot of how policies for cities and cyberspaces are being combined across the world. |
