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10. Information Flows among Major Metropolitan Areas in the United States.

Author

Wheeler, James O. and Mitchelson, Ronald L.

Subjects
*INFORMATION resources management, *METROPOLITAN areas, *CITIES & towns, *SUPPLY & demand, *HYPOTHESIS
Abstract

This study uses Federal Express Corporation data to examine information flows among 48 large metropolitan areas in the united States. Set within the context of emerging quaternary location theory, three hypotheses are introduced to explain the bases for information flows among metropolitan areas: information genesis, hierarchy of control, and spatial independence. Essential support is found for all three hypotheses. Supply considerations, rather than demand, are fundamental in information genesis; flows are strongly asymmetrical, reflecting a marked hierarchy of control; and distance plays a minor role in the spatial configuration of flows, especially at the highest level of the metropolitan hierarchy. New York, in particular, dominates the national structure of information flows, and only ten metropolitan areas act as command and control centers, creating a highly asymmetric flow in which these ten centers originate a high proportion of total flows. Principal components analysis identified five dominant centers of information genesis: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, and Dallas-Ft. Worth. This research extends our understanding of quaternary location in that the largest metropolitan areas, containing the most specialized and scarce information, are most strongly interlocked with one another. In addition, the spatial extent of information flows and control by a metropolitan area decreases somewhat as the level of control of the center decreases. As the U.S. metropolitan economy continues to become more service and, therefore, more information-oriented, the future economic vitality of metropolitan areas is expected to depend on their Position within the hierarchy of information control. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
1989
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11. Book Reviews.

Author

Muller, Peter O., Leinbach, Thomas R., Hay, Iain, Kenzer, Martin S., Verstappen, Herman Th., Marty, Martin E., Zelinsky, Wilbur, Jones III, John Paul, Adams, Paul C., Brazel, Anthony J., Murphy, Alexander B., Wheeler, James O., Curry, Michael R., Morrill, Richard, Staeheli, Lynn A., Bulman, Teresa L., Paul, Bimal Kanti, and Veeck, Gregory

Subjects
BECOMING a Geographer (Book), NEW Worlds, New Geographies (Book), HOW It Came to Be (Book)
Abstract

Books reviewed: Gould, Peter. Becoming a Geographer . Short, John Rennie. New Worlds, New Geographies . Speth, William W. How It Came to Be: Carl O. Sauer, Franz Boas, and the Meanings of Anthropogeography . de Blij, Harm J. Wartime Encounter with Geography . Gaustad, Edwin Scott and Barlow, Philip L. The New Historical Atlas of Religion in America . Peet, Richard. Modern Geographical Thought . Crang, Mike, Crang, Phil, and May, Jon. Virtual Geographies: Bodies, Space, and Relations . Gregory, K. J. The Changing Nature of Physical Geography . Dodds, Klaus and Atkinson, David. Geopolitical Traditions: A Century of Geopolitical Thought . Schiller, Dan. Digital Capitalism: Networking the Global Market System . Hillis, Ken. Digital Sensations: Space, Identity, and Embodiment in Virtual Reality . Monmonier, Mark. Bushmanders and Bullwinkles: How Politicians Manipulate Electronic Maps and Census Data to Win Elections . Miller, Byron A. Geography and Social Movements: Comparing Antinuclear Activism in the Boston Area . Low, Nicholas. Global Ethics and Environment . Haque, C. Emdad. Hazards in a Fickle Environment: Bangladesh . Institute of Geography—Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Population and Environment Society, and National Environmental Monitoring Center of China (eds). The Atlas of Population, Environment, and Sustainable Development of China . Raper, Jonathan. Multidimensional Geographic Information Science . Bobo, Lawrence, Oliver, Melvin, Johnson, James, and Valenzuela, Abel, Jr. (eds). Prismatic Metropolis: Inequality in Los Angeles . Davis, Mike. Magical Urbanism: Latinos Reinvent the U.S. Big City [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2001

12. Developments in Geographical Method, Vol.1/ Data Collection, Vol. 2/ Data Description and Presentation, Vol. 3...(Book).

Author

Wheeler, James O.

Subjects
DEVELOPMENTS in Geographical Method: Data Collection (Book), QUANTITATIVE Techniques in Geography: An Introduction (Book), INTRODUCTION to Quantitative Analysis in Human Geography, An (Book), DAUGHERTY, Richard, DAVIS, Peter, HAMMOND, R., YEATES, Maurice, FITZGERALD, Brian P., MCCULLAGH, Patrick, MCCULLAGH, P. S., DEVELOPMENTS in Geographical Method: Data Description & Presentation (Book), DEVELOPMENTS in Geographical Method: Data Use & Interpretation (Book)
Abstract

Reviews books about geography. "Developments in Geographical Method; Data Collection; Data Description and Presentation; and Data Use and Interpretation," by Brian P. FitzGerald, Richard Daugherty, Peter Davis and Patrick McCullagh; "Quantitative Techniques in Geography: An Introduction," by R. Hammond and P.S. McCullagh; "An Introduction to Quantitative Analysis in Human Geography," by Maurice Yeates.

Published
1975

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