Information Technology: Social and Spatial Perspectives : Proceedings of an International Conference on Information Technology and its Impact on the Urban-Environmental System Held at the Toyohashi University of Technology, Toyohashi, Japan, November 1986 /

The book contains perspectives on the way new information technology might reorient the spatial organization of activity. The perspectives range from conceptual, high- lighting the role of research and development to case studies from Japan. Considerable debate is focused on the role of distance and...

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Main Author: Orishimo, Isao
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Hewings, Geoffrey, Nijkamp, Peter
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1988.
Series:Lecture notes in economics and mathematical systems ; 315.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:The book contains perspectives on the way new information technology might reorient the spatial organization of activity. The perspectives range from conceptual, high- lighting the role of research and development to case studies from Japan. Considerable debate is focused on the role of distance and the way in which new information technology might re-shape interaction and, eventually, the form and function of urban areas.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (vi, 268 pages 54 illustrations)
ISBN:9783642486388 (electronic bk.)
364248638X (electronic bk.)
ISSN:0075-8442 ;