Telecommunications strategy

cases, theories and applications

The telecommunications industry is one of the most influential and significant global industries. As well as being fundamentally important to the health of the modern economy, it is going through a period of unprecedented change, facing a range of strategic challenges from globalization and cross-border ...

Continentalizing Canadian telecommunications

the politics of regulatory reform

In Continentalizing Canadian Telecommunications Vanda Rideout examines active political resistance to the radical, neo-liberal transformation of Canadian telecommunications that has been orchestrated by the federal government, big business, and their powerful lobbyists over the last two decades. Rideout focuses on the protection of the public ...

A tale of two global cities

comparing the territorialities of telecommunications developments in Paris and London

Since the mid-1980s, telecommunications and information technologies (IT) have become more intensely bound up than ever before in the social, economic, political and cultural processes and transformations which are increasingly concentrated in and between key strategic urban places across the globe. By analysing telecommunications developments ...

Manual para la planificación, financiación e implantación de sistemas de transporte urbano

Con el propósito de servirde guía metodológica y de buenas prácticas a los gestores de la ciudad y a los estudios universitarios en materia de transporte, urbanismo e ingeniería municipal, el presente manual incide de forma detallada en todos los aspectos relacionados con la planificación ...

Making public transport work

People have always traveled, but over the last century there has been an unprecedented increase in mobility. Hundreds of millions commute daily between home and work, relying more and more on cars and less on urban and intercity public transport. Faced with environmental concerns and ...

Shaping the network society

the new role of civil society in cyberspace

Information and computer technologies are used every day by real people with real needs. The authors contributing to Shaping the Network Society describe how technology can be used effectively by communities, activists, and citizens to meet society's challenges. In their vision, computer professionals are ...

Turning the corner?

a reader in contemporary transport policy

This Reader provides a critical review of British transport policy since the Labour Government came into office in 1997 and looks at possible solutions to Britain#s ongoing transport problems. An authoritative reader providing a critical review of recent British transport policies. Looks at possible ...

Mobile and wireless communications

key technologies and future applications

Two of the fastest growing sectors of communications today are mobile and Internet, both of which have had a profound effect on people's lives. The convergence between these two sectors not only presents great opportunities for the future of 'unplugged' telecommunications, but also great ...

Más allá de Internet: la Red Universal Digital

x-economía y nuevo entorno tecnosocial

Hay una obra en construcción, casi invisible, que en parte ya inconscientemente habitamos, cuyos efectos revolucionan nuestras vidas y todas las formas sociales que el ser humano conoce. Es un enorme tejido de redes de tecnología digital, de las que si acaso solemos hablar por ...

Digital nation

toward an inclusive information society

As our social institutions migrate into cyberspace, the digitally disenfranchised face increasing hardships. What happens when -- in search of quick and cheap fixes -- a government office shuts down and is replaced by a public Web site? What happens when a company accepts only online job ...

The global Internet economy

By 2002, all but a handful of countries were connected to the Internet. The intertwining of the Internet and the globalization of finance, corporate governance, and trade raises questions about national models of technology development and property rights. The sudden ability of hundreds of millions ...

Multitudes inteligentes

la próxima revolución social

La multitud inteligente emerge cuando las tecnologías de la comunicación amplían los talentos humanos de cooperación. Pero los impactos de la tecnología que define la multitud inteligente ya han mostrado que pueden ser al mismo tiempo beneficiosos y destructivos. Algunos la emplean para apoyar la ...

Geografía de los transportes

El presente libro pretende ofrecer,desde una perspectiva multidisciplinar propia del siglo XXI,una muestra de la diversidad de enfoques,métodos de análisis y temáticas existentes en el seno de la Geografía de los Transportes,al propio tiempo que plantea cuáles son los retos actuales ...

Urban transport and the environment

an international perspective

The damaging environmental impact of urban transport, as recognised by the Kyoto Protocol to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, is a worsening global problem that needs to be tackled with local solutions. At the same time, urban transport has been causing serious local ...

Tourism in The Caribbean

trends, development, prospects

The Caribbean is one of the premier tourist destinations in the world. Changes in the travel patterns, markets and traveller motivations have brought considerable growth and dramatic change to the region's tourism sector. This book brings together a high calibre team of international researchers ...

The hospitality manager's guide to wines, beers, and spirits

This concise, yet comprehensive introduction to the history, science and varieties of alcoholic beverages includes an anecdotal history of alcoholic beverages and their cultural influences. The user-friendly approach offers a unique presentation of wines, beers and spirits: wines are taught by the grapes from which ...

Economía y política del turismo internacional

El turismo internacional es en la actualidad uno de los ejes básicos de las políticas económicas de desarrollo y ordenación. Este libro presenta un panorama completo de los flujos turísticos mundiales, de la oferta turística de las cadenas hoteleras y los touroperadores, así como de ...

Internet marketing in hospitality

Internet Marketing in Hospitality instructs and acts as a resource for effectively using the Internet as a marketing tool. This comprehensive resource provides principles for website and e-mail marketing, offers practical examples, and outlines techniques for helping visitors find and return to a given website ...

Marketing for tourism

The fourth edition of Marketing for Tourism provides an introduction to the general theory of marketing and its application in the various sectors of the travel and tourism industry. This leading text has been fully revised and updated to take account of recent changes within ...

Introduction to hospitality management

Designed for tomorrow's hospitality management professionals, this text is a comprehensive tour of the fascinating and challenging fields of the hospitality industry: travel and tourism, lodging, foodservice, meetings, conventions and expositions, leisure and recreation. Through stories and examples, students are exposed to#and encouraged ...