Technocities

by Downey, John McGuigan, Jim

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Title Statements

Full title :Technocities / ed ; by John Downey and Jim McGuigan.

Summary

It is widely claimed that information and communication technologies are transforming urban life and bringing about rapid economic and cultural globalization. This book explores the issues involved in urban planning in relation to computer-mediated communications and cyberspace, including urban planning, virtual and actual cities, and gender and the Internet. Running throughout is a tension between optimistic and pessimistic scenarios for the technocity. The authors address a complex set of questions, and move beyond the usual images of technological heaven and hell, and technophilia and technophobia, to bring together a number of differently informed approaches, to make sense of a field of dynamic and contradictory forces. (Adapté du résumé de l'éditeur).

Edition Statements

Publication Date:1999.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):SAGE Publications
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:1999.

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The Physical Object

Description:VIII-213 p. ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0761955550, 9780761955559
oclc:ocn468510514
LC Classification:HT119
Dewey Decimal:307.76

Subjects

Cities and towns -- Effect of technolog… technologie de l'information -- études … Telecommunication -- Social aspects Télécommunications -- Aspect social ville - organisation (structure) Villes -- Effets des innovations Villes -- Effets des innovations sur