Information, Place, and Cyberspace

by Janelle, Donald G.; Hodge, David C.; National Center for Geographic Information & Analysis (U. S.)

• ISBN13: 9783540674924
• ISBN10: 3540674926
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-11-01
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

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.

Table of Contents

Foreword	v
Michael F. Goodchild
Eric Sheppard
Preface	vii
Introduction	1	(2)
Information, Place, Cyberspace, and Accessibility	3	(10)
Donald G. Janelle
David C. Hodge
Part I: Conceptualization and Measurement	13	(118)
Conceptualizing and Measuring Accessibility within Physical and Virtual Spaces	15	(6)
Helen Couclelis
Arthur Getis
Evaluating Intra-metropolitan Accessibility in the Information Age: Operational Issues, Objectives, and Implementation	21	(26)
Lauren M. Scott
Transportation, Telecommunications, and the Changing Geography of Opportunity	47	(26)
Qing Shen
Space, Time and Sequencing: Substitution at the Physical/Virtual Interface	73	(18)
Pip Forer
Otto Huisman
The Fuzzy Logic of Accessibility	91	(16)
Eric J. Heikkila
The E-merging Geography of the Information Society: From Accessibility to Adaptability	107	(24)
Daniel Z. Sui
Part II: Visualization and Representation	131	(126)
Representing and Visualizing Physical, Virtual and Hybrid Information Spaces	133	(14)
Michael Batty
Harvey J. Miller
Who's Up? Global Interpersonal Temporal Accessibility	147	(24)
Andrew Harvey
Paul A. Macnab
The Role of the Real City in Cyberspace: Understanding Regional Variations in Internet Accessibility	171	(16)
Mitchell L. Moss
Anthony M. Townsend
Accessibility to Information within the Internet: How can it Be Measured and Mapped?	187	(18)
Martin Dodge
Towards Spatial Interaction Models of Information Flows	205	(12)
Shane Murnion
Application of a CAD-based Accessibility Model	217	(24)
Paul C. Adams
Human Extensibility and Individual Hybrid-accessibility in Space-time: A Multi-scale Representation Using GIS	241	(16)
Mei-Po Kwan
Part III: Societal Issues	257	(82)
Accessibility and Societal Issues in the Information Age	259	(8)
Mark I. Wilson
Reconceptualizing Accessibility	267	(12)
Susan Hanson
Revisiting the Concept of Accessibility: Some Comments and Research Questions	279	(24)
Sylvie Occelli
Legal Access to Geographic Information: Measuring Losses or Developing Responses?	303	(14)
Harlan J. Onsrud
Qualitative GIS: To Mediate, Not Dominate	317	(22)
Robert Mugerauer
Part IV: Conclusion	339	(18)
From Sustainable Transportation to Sustainable Accessibility: Can We Avoid a New Tragedy of the Commons?	341	(16)
Helen Couclelis
Figures	357	(4)
Tables	361	(2)
Author Index	363	(8)
Subject Index	371	(6)
Contributors	377