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Urban Informatics in China: Exploring the Emergence of the Chinese City 2.0

Urban Informatics in China: Exploring the Emergence of the Chinese City 2.0

Dan Shang, Jean-François Doulet, Michael Keane
Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 11
ISBN13: 9781605661520|ISBN10: 160566152X|EISBN13: 9781605661537
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-152-0.ch026
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Shang, Dan, et al. "Urban Informatics in China: Exploring the Emergence of the Chinese City 2.0." Handbook of Research on Urban Informatics: The Practice and Promise of the Real-Time City, edited by Marcus Foth, IGI Global, 2009, pp. 379-389. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-152-0.ch026

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Shang, D., Doulet, J., & Keane, M. (2009). Urban Informatics in China: Exploring the Emergence of the Chinese City 2.0. In M. Foth (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Urban Informatics: The Practice and Promise of the Real-Time City (pp. 379-389). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-152-0.ch026

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Shang, Dan, Jean-François Doulet, and Michael Keane. "Urban Informatics in China: Exploring the Emergence of the Chinese City 2.0." In Handbook of Research on Urban Informatics: The Practice and Promise of the Real-Time City, edited by Marcus Foth, 379-389. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2009. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-152-0.ch026

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Abstract

This chapter examines the development of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in urban China, focusing mainly on their impact on social life. The key question raised by this study is how the Internet and mobile technologies are affecting the way people make use of urban space. The chapter begins with some background to China’s emergence as a connected nation. It then looks at common use of web-based and mobile phone technologies, particularly bulletin boards, SMS and instant messaging. The chapter then presents findings of recent research that illustrates communitarian relationships that are enabled by mobility and the use of technologies. Finally, these findings are contextualized in the idea of the City 2.0 in China.

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