Netspaces: space and place in a networked world

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How does our increasingly networked world impact on how we experience and inhabit urban space? This book reflects on the nature of the spatial effects of the networked and mediated world; from mobile phones and satnavs to data centres and WiFi nodes and discusses how these change the very nature of urban space.

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Full title :Netspaces : space and place in a networked world / by Katharine S. Willis.

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Publication Date:©2016

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Publisher(s):Ashgate
Place of Publication:Farnham, Surrey, UK
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2016

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Description:1 online resource

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ISBN:9781472438638, 1472438639, 1317200209, 9781317200208, 9781472438645, 1472438647
oclc:ocn929624265
LC Classification:QA76.59
Dewey Decimal:302.23/1

1. Infrastructures -- 1.1.Networked Infrastructures -- 1.2. Meshworks and Assemblages -- 1.3. Historical Context -- 1.4. Making Sense of the City -- 1.5. Case Study: The Cloud -- 1.6. Summary -- 2. Places -- 2.1.Networked Places -- 2.2. Digital Places -- 2.3. Historical Context -- 2.4. Digital Places -- 2.5. Case Study: Location-based Social Networks -- 2.6. Summary -- 3. Boundaries -- 3.1. Digital Thresholds -- 3.2. Digital Boundaries -- 3.3. Historical Context -- 3.4. Thresholds -- 3.5. Case Study: Public Wireless Networks -- 3.6. Summary -- 4. Publics -- 4.1.Networked Publics -- 4.2. Performing Spaces -- 4.3. Historical Context -- 4.4. New Digital Publics -- 4.5. Case Study: Urban Screens -- 4.5. Summary -- 5. Times -- 5.1. Digital Rhythms -- 5.2. Times and Rhythms -- 5.3. Historical Context -- 5.4. Digital Rhythms -- 5.5. Case Study: `Real Time' Cities -- 5.6. Summary -- 6. Things -- 6.1.Networked Things -- 6.2. Digital and Material Worlds -- 6.3. Historical Context -- 6.4. Connected Objects, People and Spaces -- 6.5. Case Study: Smart Homes -- 6.6. Summary -- 7. Future Challenges -- 7.1.Netspaces -- 7.2. Design Challenges.