The Informational City : Economic Restructuring and Urban Development

Manuel (University of California Castells

ISBN 10: 0631179372 / ISBN 13: 9780631179375

Published by John Wiley And Sons Ltd Aug 1991, 1991

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Neuware - The cities and the regions of the world are being transformed under the combined impact of a restructuring of the capitalist system and a technological revolution. This is the thesis of this book, now in paperback. Castells not only brings together an impressive array of evidence to support it but puts forward a new body of theory to explain it. He analyzes the interaction between information technology, economic restructuring and socio-spatial change through the empirical observation of contemporary national, urban and regional processes in the capitalist world, with emphasis on the United States. The author summarizes a very wide range of evidence of urban and regional development, and isolates the causes and consequences of the processes and trends that may be observed.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Informational City : Economic Restructuring and Urban Development
• Publisher: John Wiley And Sons Ltd Aug 1991
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0631179372
• ISBN 13: 9780631179375
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 229W x 151H x 27D millimeters 229 millimeters width by 151 millimeters height by 27 millimeters depth
• Weight: 676 grams

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Synopsis

The cities and the regions of the world are being transformed under the combined impact of a restructuring of the capitalist system and a technological revolution. This is the thesis of this book, now in paperback. Castells not only brings together an impressive array of evidence to support it but puts forward a new body of theory to explain it. He analyzes the interaction between information technology, economic restructuring and socio-spatial change through the empirical observation of contemporary national, urban and regional processes in the capitalist world, with emphasis on the United States. The author summarizes a very wide range of evidence of urban and regional development, and isolates the causes and consequences of the processes and trends that may be observed.

About the Author

Manuel Castells has written fourteen books, including The Economic Crisis and American Society and The City and the Grassroots, winner of the 1983 C. Wright Mills Award.