Information, place, and cyberspace
Subtitle: issues in accessibility
By: edited by Donald G. Janelle, David C. Hodge
Contributors: National Center for Geographic Information & Analysis (U.S.)
Series: Advances in spatial science; Advances in spatial science
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Berlin
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 386
ISBN-13: 9783662040270; 9783642086922
Subjects: Cyberspace; Automotive Engineering; Regional/Spatial Science; Social aspects; Communication; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning; Computers and civilization; Geography (general); Congresses; Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet); Information technology; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography
Description: 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.
Notes: 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.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Print version record.
Table of contents: title: Foreword: by M.F. Goodchild and E. Sheppard; title: Preface; title: Introduction: by D.G. Janelle, D.C. Hodge; title: Part I: Conceptualization and Measurement: With contributions by H. Couclelis and A. Getis; L.M. Scott; Q. Shen; P. Forer and O. Huisman; E.J. Heikkila; D.Z. Sui; title: Part II: Visualization and Representation: With contributions by M. Batty and H. Miller; A. Harvey and P. Macnab; M.L. Moss and A.M. Townsend; M. Dodge; S. Murnion; P.C. Adams; M.-P. Kwan; title: Part III: Societal Issues: With contributions by M.I. Wilson; S. Hanson; S. Occelli; H.J. Onsrud, R. Mugerauer; title: Part IV: Conclusion: by H. Couclelis; title: Figures; title: Tables; title: Index; title: Contributors.