Kellerman A. The Internet city. People,Companies,Systems...2019 torrent

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Cities have always served as foci for human connectivity and information transmission. Contemporarily, it has been for the Internet to become the ubiquitous urban communications and information technology, and at an unprecedented scale. The Internet connects people both locally and elsewhere. In addition, it connects people with all forms and types of information, as well as with their appliances. Soon the Internet will provide connectivity also for autonomous vehicles (AVs). The Internet connects companies with their
customers, and it constitutes a major tool for local governmental actions.
Furthermore, the Internet connects urban utilities and it connects devices with each other through the Internet of Things (IoT). As such, the Internet has become a leading element within growing local knowledge economies, specializing in the production and marketing of Internet-related products and services. Added together, then, all of these urban activities yield the Internet-based cities. Thus, the objectives of this book are to highlight and to
interpret the Internet-based city, doing so by way of exposition of its numerous dimensions, side by side with attempted interpretations of the significances of this new phase of urban connectivity