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City Networks in Cyberspace and Time: Using Google Hyperlinks to Measure Global Economic and Environmental Crises

City Networks in Cyberspace and Time: Using Google Hyperlinks to Measure Global Economic and Environmental Crises

Andrew Boulton, Lomme Devriendt, Stanley D. Brunn, Ben Derudder, Frank Witlox
Copyright: © 2011 |Pages: 21
ISBN13: 9781609600518|ISBN10: 1609600517|EISBN13: 9781609600532
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-051-8.ch005
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Boulton, Andrew, et al. "City Networks in Cyberspace and Time: Using Google Hyperlinks to Measure Global Economic and Environmental Crises." ICTs for Mobile and Ubiquitous Urban Infrastructures: Surveillance, Locative Media and Global Networks, edited by Rodrigo J. Firmino, et al., IGI Global, 2011, pp. 67-87. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-051-8.ch005

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Boulton, A., Devriendt, L., Brunn, S. D., Derudder, B., & Witlox, F. (2011). City Networks in Cyberspace and Time: Using Google Hyperlinks to Measure Global Economic and Environmental Crises. In R. Firmino, F. Duarte, & C. Ultramari (Eds.), ICTs for Mobile and Ubiquitous Urban Infrastructures: Surveillance, Locative Media and Global Networks (pp. 67-87). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-051-8.ch005

Chicago

Boulton, Andrew, et al. "City Networks in Cyberspace and Time: Using Google Hyperlinks to Measure Global Economic and Environmental Crises." In ICTs for Mobile and Ubiquitous Urban Infrastructures: Surveillance, Locative Media and Global Networks, edited by Rodrigo J. Firmino, Fabio Duarte, and Clovis Ultramari, 67-87. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2011. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-051-8.ch005

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Abstract

Geographers and social scientists have long been interested in ranking and classifying the cities of the world. The cutting edge of this research is characterized by a recognition of the crucial importance of information and, specifically, ICTs to cities’ positions in the current Knowledge Economy. This chapter builds on recent “cyberspace” analyses of the global urban system by arguing for, and demonstrating empirically, the value of Web search engine data as a means of understanding cities as situated within, and constituted by, flows of digital information. To this end, the authors show how the Google search engine can be used to specify a dynamic, informational classification of North American cities based on both the production and the consumption of Web information about two prominent current issues global in scope: the global financial crisis, and global climate change.

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