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The geography of the Internet : cities, regions and Internet infrastructure in Europe / Emmanouil Tranos

By: Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: New horizons in regional science | Elgaronline | Edward Elgar E-Book Archive | New horizons in regional science seriesPublisher: Cheltenham, U.K ; Northampton, MA, USA : Edward Elgar, 2013Description: 1 Online-Ressource (VII, 231 S.) : graph. Darst., KtISBN:
  • 9781781953372
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: 9781781953365. | Erscheint auch als: The geography of the Internet. Druck-Ausgabe Cheltenham [u.a.] : Edward Elgar, 2013. VII, 231 S.DDC classification:
  • 384.3
RVK: RVK: ST 200 | QY 000 | QC 344LOC classification:
  • TK5105.875.I57
DOI: DOI: 10.4337/9781781953372Online resources: Summary: This timely book presents a wide range of quantitative methods, including complex network analysis and econometric modelling, to illustrate how the Internet both follows, and at the same time challenges, more traditional geographies. Emmanouil Tranos explores the spatiality of the Internet, its physical infrastructure, and the geographic and socio-economic factors that shape its spatial distribution. He shows that although the Internet is a technical system with strong topological attributes, an almost hidden spatial dimension also exists. The scattering of Internet Backbone Networks across European city-regions is compared with the aviation network in order to better understand the topology of the digital infrastructure. Finally, a causality analysis demonstrates the significant positive effect of the Internet infrastructure in the economic development of regions characterized by high absorptive capacity. This book will prove a highly fascinating read for those with an interest in Internet geographies, ICTs, regional development and infrastructure, digital economy, network analysis, and regional science. Practitioners working on local and regional development, as well as those focusing on ICTs, digital economy and smart cities, will also find this book to be an invaluable reference tool.PPN: PPN: 102344108XPackage identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-1-EWE
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