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This Handbook offers an insightful and comprehensive overview from a geographic perspective of the numerous and varied technologies that are shaping the contemporary world.
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This Handbook offers an insightful and comprehensive overview from a geographic perspective of the numerous and varied technologies that are shaping the contemporary world. It shows how geography and technology are intimately linked by examining the origins, growth, and impacts of 27 different technologies and highlighting how they influence the structure and spatiality of society. Following summaries of important conceptual issues such as diffusion, gender and science studies, the book explores various technologies, which are grouped into six main categories: Computational: code, location-based services and virtual realityCommunications: fiber optics, satellites, the internet, radio, cell phones and televisionTransportation: automobiles, aviation, drones, railroads, and shipping and portsEnergy: biofuels, dams, fracking, geothermal energy, pipelines, solar energy and LEED buildingsManufacturing: robotics, just-in-time systems and nanotechnology Life sciences: new technologies of health care, biotechnology and biometrics. Significantly, the book includes in-depth explorations of new technologies that have so far received very little attention from geographers. This much-needed Handbook offers a comprehensive and state-of-the-art summary of the geographies of major technologies and how they affect society, economies, geographies and everyday life. It will appeal to academics and advanced students interested in geography, planning and the social sciences in general.Contributors include: R. Baghel, M. Batty, R.E. Baxter, T. Birtchnell, M.J. Blair, L. Cabral, K.E. Calvert, M. Chen, J. Cidell, J.C. Comer, D. Comfort, S.W. Cunningham, M. Dodge, A.R. Goetz, A. Golub, A. Grech, D. Hillier, A. Holl, J.P. Howell, A. Johnson, P. Jones, A. Kellerman, L. Kurdgelashvili, L. Li, H. Lin, R. Lobato, B.P.Y. Loo, A. López Peláez, E. Louie, S. Maalsen, W.E. Mabee, J.D. Makholm, J. McLean, M. Nüsser, G. Popescu, R. Rama, P.L. Robertson, J.-P. Rodrigue, M.W. Rosenberg, B. Solomon, J.D. Stephen, D. Sui, G. Timilsina, N. Waldbrook, B. Warf, T.A. Wikle, C. Wilkinson
Author Biography
Edited by Barney Warf, Department of Geography, University of Kansas, US
Table of Contents
Contents:1. IntroductionBarney WarfPART I: CONCEPTUAL ISSUES2. Technological Diffusion in Local, Regional, National and Transnational SettingsPaul L. Robertson3. Beyond the Binaries: Geographies of Gender-Technology RelationsJessica McLean, Sophia Maalsen and Alana Grech4. Space for STS: An Overview of Science and Technology StudiesJordan P. HowellPART II: COMPUTATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES5. Code/Space and the Challenge of Software AlgorithmsMartin Dodge6. Understanding Locational-based Services: Core Technologies, Key Applications, and Major ConcernsDaniel Sui7. Virtual Realities, Analogies and Technologies in GeographyMichael Batty, Hui Lin and Min ChenPART III: COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES8. Fiber Optics: Nervous System of the Global EconomyBarney Warf9. The Internet as Geographic TechnologyAharon Kellerman10. Tuning in to the Geographies of RadioCatherine Wilkinson11. Eyes in the Sky: Satellites and GeographyBarney Warf12. The Geography of Mobile TelephonyJonathan C. Comer and Thomas A. Wikle13. Streaming Services and the Changing Global Geography of TelevisionRamon LobatoPART IV: TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGIES14. Automobility in Space and TimeAaron Golub and Aaron Johnson15. Air Transport: Speed, Global Connectivity and Time-Space ConvergenceAndrew R. Goetz16. Drones in Human GeographyThomas Birtchnell17. Geography of RailroadsLinna Li and Becky P.Y. Loo18. Ports and Maritime TechnologyJean-Paul RodriguePART V: ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES19. Assessing the Spatial, Economic, and Environmental Implications of Biorefining Technologies: Insights from North AmericaKirby E. Calvert, Jamie D. Stephen, M.J. Blair, Laura Cabral, Ryan E. Baxter and Warren E. Mabee20. The Emergence of Technological Hydroscapes in the Anthropocene: Socio-hydrology and Development Paradigms of Large DamsMarcus Nüsser and Ravi Baghel21. Fracking for Shale in the UK: Risks, Reputation and RegulationPeter Jones, Daphne Comfort, and David Hillier22. Geography of Geothermal Energy TechnologiesEdward Louie and Barry Solomon23. LEED BuildingsJulie Cidell24. The Interaction of Pipelines and Geography in Support of Fuel MarketsJeff D. Makholm25. The Evolution of Solar Energy Technologies and Supporting PoliciesGovinda Timilsina and Lado KurdgelashviliPART VI: MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES26. Just-in-Time and SpaceRuth Rama and Adelheid Holl27. RoboticsAntonio López Peláez28. The Geography of NanotechnologyScott W. CunninghamPART VII: LIFE SCIENCE TECHNOLOGIES29. Biotechnology: Commodifying LifeBarney Warf30. Creating New Geographies of Health and Health Care through TechnologyMark W. Rosenberg and Natalie Waldbrook31. Biometric Technologies and the Automation of Identity and SpaceGabriel PopescuIndex
Review
'An innovative and most valuable tour de force about geography/technology intersections in economic, social and political contexts. The thirty one chapters discuss the histories of specific technologies, 20th century advances and most recent innovations, the leading producers and consumers and current technology/social policy issues. The technologies addressed by author teams (mostly geographers) include railroads, air transport, automobiles, ports, radio, television, satellites, pipelines, geothermal sites, dams and more recent advances: the internet, drones, fiber optics, mobile phones, fracking, solar energy, nanotechnology, biometrics, location based services, code-spaces, virtual realities, LEED buildings, gender/technology interfaces, just-in-time technologies and health care advances. An excellent source of disciplinary, interdisciplinary and international literatures. Many chapters include maps and graphics. Useful for disciplinary and interdisciplinary courses and seminars and also workshops in universities, government and the private sector where cutting-edge advances are explored. This reference source will be cited and used by junior and senior scholars for the coming decades.' -- Stanley D. Brunn, University of Kentucky, US
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'An innovative and most valuable tour de force about geography/technology intersections in economic, social and political contexts. The thirty one chapters discuss the histories of specific technologies, 20th century advances and most recent innovations, the leading producers and consumers and current technology/social policy issues. The technologies addressed by author teams (mostly geographers) include railroads, air transport, automobiles, ports, radio, television, satellites, pipelines, geothermal sites, dams and more recent advances: the internet, drones, fiber optics, mobile phones, fracking, solar energy, nanotechnology, biometrics, location based services, code-spaces, virtual realities, LEED buildings, gender/technology interfaces, just-in-time technologies and health care advances. An excellent source of disciplinary, interdisciplinary and international literatures. Many chapters include maps and graphics. Useful for disciplinary and interdisciplinary courses and seminars and also workshops in universities, government and the private sector where cutting-edge advances are explored. This reference source will be cited and used by junior and senior scholars for the coming decades.'
Details ISBN1785361155 Pages 512 Publisher Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd ISBN-10 1785361155 ISBN-13 9781785361159 Language English Year 2017 Format Hardcover Imprint Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Place of Publication Cheltenham Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2017-02-24 NZ Release Date 2017-02-24 UK Release Date 2017-02-24 Publication Date 2017-02-24 Author Barney Warf Series Research Handbooks in Geography series Edited by Barney Warf DEWEY 304.2 Audience Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly We've got this
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