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RESEARCH PRODUCT
Externalités d'informations et évolution des villes
Rachel Guillainsubject
Urban GrowthInteraction[SHS.GEO] Humanities and Social Sciences/GeographyNetworkSociologie urbaineSociology of communicationSociologie de la communication[ SHS.GEO ] Humanities and Social Sciences/GeographyUrbanismeVilleSociologyInformationUrbanismUrban Sociology.Sociologie économiqueCenter and PeripheryCitySociologie rurale et urbaineSociologie urbaine.[SHS.GEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/GeographyRural and urban SociologyRéseauCentre-périphérieSociologieCroissance urbaineEconomic sociologydescription
Present-day city growth is chiefly the result of new tertiary activities such as financial and producer services, R&D, or business administration. These activities consume human capital, knowledge and high-tech capital, which are all rapidly changing inputs; they are based on complex decision-making processes; this renders them highly information-dependent. Inasmuch as these activities are the main key to understanding the city, information must play a leading role in understanding urban forms. The concentration of these activities in cities appears paradoxical in the era of information. They are agglomerated because of their need of proximity for exchanging information. But information can be transmited very easily at a long distance with new communication technologies. In this context, the links between information exchanges, agglomeration and dispersion have to be investigated. In the framework of economic geography, this paper aims to study the role of information exchanges in the evolution of cities. We shall split information exchanges according both to their sensitivity to the progress of communication technologies and to their agglomeration effect.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999-01-01 |