Telecommunications and geography

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• List of figures = xi
• List of tables = xiii
• Preface = xv
• PART 1: GEOGRAPHICAL CONCEPTS FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS
• Chapter 1 Introduction: Telecommunications, Information, and Geography = 3
• Telecommunications: meanings and significance = 3
• Telecommunications and computers = 4
• Telecommunications, services, and information economics/societies = 6
• Telecommunications and service economies = 6
• Telecommunications and information economies = 9
• The geography of telecommunications = 12
• Early developments in the geography of telecommunications = 13
• Basic notions for the geography of telecommunications = 15
• Conclusion = 18
• Chapter 2 Telecommunications as Material Entity and Spatial Artefact = 20
• Transmission media = 20
• The development of telecommunications = 21
• Recent trends in the telecommunications industry = 26
• Sociospatial characteristics and impacts of telecommunications = 30
• Networks = 35
• Cable networks = 36
• Microwave and satellite communications = 38
• Maritime cables = 47
• Nodes = 53
• Smart buildings = 54
• Teleports = 55
• Telecottages = 57
• Conclusion = 58
• Chapter 3 Spatial Dynamics of Telecommunications = 60
• Flows = 60
• Information types = 61
• Flow characteristics = 64
• Flow barriers = 68
• Flow-induced patterns = 72
• The diffusion and penetration of telecommunications innovations = 73
• The diffusion process = 74
• Comparative diffusion trends = 75
• The telephone = 76
• The fax(facsimile) = 77
• Home computers = 80
• Cable television = 81
• Telecommunications versus transportation: substitutability and complementarity = 83
• Telecommuting = 83
• Teleshopping = 84
• Business calls = 85
• Teleconferencing = 86
• Conclusion: The telecommunications cycle = 86
• PART 2: TELECOMMUNICATIONS IN GEOGRAPHICAL CONTEXTS
• Chapter 4 Telecommunications and Cities = 93
• Spatial concentration or dispersion? = 94
• The antipolitan approach = 95
• Balanced views on the wired city = 96
• The global urban system = 97
• General concepts = 98
• The global urban hierarchy = 98
• The development of the system = 106
• The location of producer services = 111
• Office suburbanization = 111
• CBD specialization = 113
• Transfer to other cities = 114
• Conclusion = 115
• Chapter 5 Telecommunications and Regional Development = 116
• The role and context of telecommunications in regional development = 116
• The role of telecommunications = 117
• Telecommunications and interregional inequality = 118
• Economic sectors = 120
• Manufacturing = 121
• Services = 121
• Patterns and problems in selected regions = 123
• Less favoured regions (LFRs) in Europe = 124
• Rural America = 125
• Less developed countries (LDCs) = 128
• Conclusion = 129
• Chapter 6 National Differences in Telecommunications = 130
• The global distribution of telephones = 130
• The big gap = 130
• Teledensities = 131
• National economic development and telecommunications = 134
• The correlation between measures of development and teledensities = 135
• The role of telecommunications in national economic development = 138
• From 'natural monopoly' to full competition = 139
• Organizational and ownership patterns for telecommunications services = 140
• The emergence of organizational and ownership patterns = 144
• Growth implications of the organizational transitions in telecommunications services = 148
• Geographical implications of changing ownership patterns = 150
• Conclusion = 151
• Chapter 7 International Telecommunications = 153
• Basic dimensions of international telecommunications = 155
• The importance of international telecommunications = 155
• Movement aspects of international telecommunications = 157
• The regulation of international telecommunications = 162
• The International Telecommunication Union(ITU) = 163
• International accounting for telecommunications = 165
• Public traffic: patterns and factors = 167
• The dominance of world cores = 169
• Cultural patterns = 174
• Colonial imprints = 176
• International telecommunications and other international movements = 177
• Dedicated international networks = 180
• Transborder data flows (TBDF) = 180
• Transnational corporations (TNCs) and banks = 181
• Offshore back offices = 182
• Electronic mail networks = 183
• Conclusion = 185
• Chapter 8 Conclusion = 187
• Telecommunications, concentration and dispersion = 187
• American leadership in telecommunications = 190
• Directions for a geographical theory of telecommunications = 192
• Telecommunications and geography: future scenarios = 195
• References = 198
• Glossary = 216
• Index = 218