The Cybercities Reader (Paperback)

The Cybercities Reader is the most comprehensive, international and interdisciplinary analysis yet of the relationships between cities, urban life and new technologies. The book incorporates detailed discussions of cybercity history, theory, economic processes, mobilities, physical forms, social and cultural worlds, digital divides, public domains, strategies, politics and futures. It includes coverage of post modern technoculture, virtual reality and the body, global city economies, urban surveillance, E-Commerce, teleworking, community informatics, digital architecture, urban technology strategies, and the role of cities and new technologies in the 'war on terrorism'. Detailed case-studies include 'virtual cities' in Amsterdam, Internet cabins in Lima, back offices in Jamaica, 'smart' highways in Melbourne, technopoles in New York, mobiles in Helsinki, e-commerce convenience stores in Tokyo, high-tech business parks in Bangalore, public spaces in Mexico City, and urban ICT strategies in Kuala Lumpur, California and Singapore.
The Cybercities Reader has 31 of the best published writings in the field and 32 specially commissioned pieces, with the work from writers from 12 nations and 12 disciplines and over 50 pictures, tables, and diagrams.