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Information, place, and cyberspace : issues in accessibility /

This book explores how new communication and information technologies combine with transportation to modify human spatial and temporal relationships in everyday life. It targets the need to differentiate accessibility levels among a broad range of social groupings, the need to study disparities in e...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: SpringerLink (Online service), National Center for Geographic Information & Analysis (U.S.)
Other Authors: Janelle, Donald G., Hodge, David C.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin : Springer, 2000.
Series:Advances in spatial science.
Subjects:
Information technology > Social aspects > Congresses.
Communication > Congresses.
Cyberspace > Social aspects > Congresses.
Computers and civilization > Congresses.
Geography (general)
Regional/Spatial Science.
Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet)
Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.
Automotive Engineering.
Geographical Information Systems/Cartography.
Communication.
Computers and civilization.
Cyberspace > Social aspects.
Information technology > Social aspects.
Electronic books.
Conference proceedings.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This book explores how new communication and information technologies combine with transportation to modify human spatial and temporal relationships in everyday life. It targets the need to differentiate accessibility levels among a broad range of social groupings, the need to study disparities in electronic accessibility, and the need to investigate new measures and means of representing the geography of opportunity in the information age. It explores how models based on physical notions of distance and connectivity are insufficient for understanding the new structures and behaviors that characterize current regional realities, with examples drawn from Europe, New Zealand, and North America. While traditional notions of accessibility and spatial interaction remain important, information technologies are dramatically modifying and expanding the scope of these core geographical concepts.
Item Description:Proceedings based on a conference held Nov. 1998 at the Asilomar Conference Center in Pacific Grove, Calif. on "Measuring and Representing Accessibility in the Information Age," sponsored by the National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis.
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 386 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9783662040270 (electronic bk.)
3662040271 (electronic bk.)
ISSN:1430-9602