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Zusatztext 'We are frequently told that we live in an increasingly mobile world. This book is conceptual and empirical flesh on the bones of this observation. Larsen! Urry and Axhausen expertly reveal! through extensive and innovative research-on-the-move! how people produce mobile networks through the practice of moving! meeting and communicating both really and virtually. This is an excellent book which should be read by anyone interested in the mobility turn in the social sciences.' Tim Cresswell! Royal Holloway! University of London! UK '... readable! thought-provoking window on social life in a mobile world.' Planning! Practice and Research Vol 22! no 2 May 2007 'I recommend this book to anyone interested in the latest theoretical discussion on forms of mobility! travel and social networking. The book provides a solid theoretical framework for developing research in this area and considers a broad range of literature. Furthermore! the research design of the study was exemplary and could lay the foundation for much future work.' Association of American Geographers Informationen zum Autor Jonas Larsen is Lecturer in Geography at Roskilde University! Denmark. John Urry is Professor of Sociology at Lancaster University! UK. Kay Axhausen is Professor of Transport Planning at the Eidgenoessische Technische Hochschule (ETH)! Zurich! Switzerland. Klappentext Puts forward a social science study of the geographies of social networks and related mobilities of travel! communications and face-to-face meetings. This book examines five interdependent mobilities that form and reform these geographies of networks and travel in the contemporary world. Zusammenfassung This original book puts forward one of the first social science studies of the geographies of social networks and related mobilities of travel, communications and face-to-face meetings. The authors argue that, while it might be imagined that there would be less need of physical meetings with improved technology, on the contrary, scheduled visits and meetings have become highly significant. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Researching Networks and Travel: An Introduction; Chapter 2 Social Networks; Chapter 3 Meetings and Networks; Chapter 4 Mobilities; Chapter 5 Research Design; Chapter 6 Geographies of Networks and Mobilities; Chapter 7 Travel and Meetings; Chapter 8 Coordinating Networks and Travel; Chapter 9 Research and Policy Futures;...
