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Emerging urbanity : global urban projects in the Asia Pacific Rim /
Discussions on the global economy focus on the hyper-mobility of capital, the possibility of instantaneous transmission of information and money around the globe, the centrality of information outputs to our economic systems and emphasise the neutralisation of geography and of places. What is ignore...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Spon Press,
2003.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Discussions on the global economy focus on the hyper-mobility of capital, the possibility of instantaneous transmission of information and money around the globe, the centrality of information outputs to our economic systems and emphasise the neutralisation of geography and of places. What is ignored, however, is that even the most advanced information industries need a material infrastructure of buildings and work processes, and considerable agglomeration, in order to operate in global markets. Further, the globalisation of economic activity has brought with it not only a vast dispersal of of. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (v, 218 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-215) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781135159863 1135159866 9780203857823 0203857828 |