Handbook of Research on Urban Informatics: The Practice and Promise of the Real-time City - Hardcover

Foth, Marcus

 
9781605661520: Handbook of Research on Urban Informatics: The Practice and Promise of the Real-time City
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 160566152X ISBN 13: 9781605661520
Publisher: Information Science Reference, 2008

Synopsis

Alive with movement and excitement, cities transmit a rapid flow of exchange facilitated by a meshwork of infrastructure connections. In this environment, the Internet has advanced to become the prime communication medium, creating a vibrant and increasingly researched field of study in urban informatics. The Handbook of Research on Urban Informatics: The Practice and Promise of the Real-Time City brings together an international selection of 66 esteemed scholars presenting their research and development on urban technology, digital cities, locative media, and mobile and wireless applications. A truly global resource, this one-of-a-kind reference collection contains significant and timely research covering a diverse range of current issues in the urban informatics field, making it an essential addition to technology and social science collections in academic libraries that will benefit scholars and practitioners in an array of fields ranging from computer science to urban studies.

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About the Author

Marcus Foth, Queensland University of Technology, Australia.

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Publisher
Information Science Reference
Publication date
2008
Language
English
ISBN 10 
160566152X
ISBN 13 
9781605661520
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
547