ISBN:
9781605661537
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1605661538
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource(electronic texts (xxxv, 470 p. : ill., maps))
Edition:
Also available in print
Parallel Title:
Druckausg. Handbook of research on urban informatics
Parallel Title:
Available in another form
DDC:
307.76
Keywords:
Cities and towns; Effect of technological innovations on; Case studies
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Sociology, Urban; Case studies
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Computer networks; Social aspects
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Information technology; Social aspects
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Telecommunication; Social aspects
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Information society
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Information society
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Information technology Social aspects
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Telecommunication Social aspects
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Sociology, Urban Case studies
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Computer networks Social aspects
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Cities and towns Case studies Effect of technological innovations on
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Community engagement
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Digital cities
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Digital identity
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Environmental impact
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Locative media
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Mobile and wireless applications
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Participatory planning
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Privacy
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Surveillance
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Sustainability
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Urban informatics
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Urban technology
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Stadt
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Informationsgesellschaft
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Informationstechnik
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Infrastruktur
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Technischer Fortschritt
Abstract:
"This book exposes research accounts which seek to convey an appreciation for local differences, for the empowerment of people and for the human-centred design of urban technology"--Provided by publisher.
Abstract:
Section I: Introductory Examinations -- 1. Urbane-ing The City: Examining and Refining the Assumptions behind Urban Informatics -- 2. To Connect and Flow in Seoul: Ubiquitous Technologies, Urban Infrastructure and Everyday Life in the Contemporary Korean City -- 3. Creating an Analytical Lens for Understanding Digital Networks in Urban South Africa --
Abstract:
Section II: Participation and Deliberation -- 4. Place Making Through Participatory Planning -- 5. TexTales: Creating Interactive Forums with Urban Publics -- 6. An Event-driven Community in Washington, DC: Forces that Influence Participation -- 7. Moments and Modes for Triggering Civic Participation at the Urban Level --
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Section III: Engagement of Urban Communities -- 8. Fostering Communities in Urban Multi-cultural Neighbourhoods: Some Methodological Reflections -- 9. Beyond Safety Concerns: On the Practical Applications of Urban Neighbourhood Video Cameras -- 10. The Figmentum Project: Appropriating Information and Communication Technologies to Animate our Urban Fabric -- 11. Voices from Beyond: Ephemeral Histories, Locative Media and the Volatile Interface -- 12. Embedding an Ecology Notion in the Social Production of Urban Space --
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Section IV: Location, Navigation and Space -- 13. Cityware: Urban Computing to Bridge Online and Real-world Social Networks -- 14. Information Places: Navigating Interfaces Between Physical and Digital Space -- 15. A Visual Approach to Locative Urban Information -- 16. Navigation Becomes Travel Scouting: The Augmented Spaces of Car Navigation Systems -- 17. QyoroView: Creating a Large-Scale Street View as User-generated Content -- 18. Virtual Cities for Simulating Smart Urban Public Spaces -- 19. The Neogeography of Virtual Cities: Digital Mirrors into a Recursive World --
Abstract:
Section V: Wireless and Mobile Culture -- 20. Codespaces: Community Wireless Networks and the Reconfiguration of Cities -- 21. Home is where the hub is? Wireless infrastructures and the nature of domestic culture in Australia -- 22. Mapping the MIT Campus in Real-time Using WiFi -- 23. Supporting Community With Location-Sensitive Mobile Applications -- 24. From Social Butterfly to Urban Citizen: The Evolution of Mobile Phone Practice --
Abstract:
Section VI: The Not So Distant Future -- 25. u-City: The Next Paradigm of Urban Development -- 26. Urban Informatics in China: Exploring the Emergence of the Chinese City 2.0 -- 27. WikiCity: Real-time Location-sensitive Tools for the City -- 28. Citizen Science: Enabling Participatory Urbanism -- 29. Extreme Informatics: Toward the De-saturated City
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers
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Also available in print.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
DOI:
10.4018/978-1-60566-152-0
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