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Methods and Models in Transport and Telecommunications - Cross Atlantic Perspectives (Paperback, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2005)
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Methods and Models in Transport and Telecommunications - Cross Atlantic Perspectives (Paperback, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2005)
Series: Advances in Spatial Science
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One aspect of the new economy is a transition to a networked
society, and the emergence of a highly interconnected,
interdependent and complex system of networks to move people, goods
and information. An example of this is the in creasing reliance of
networked systems (e. g. , air transportation networks, electric
power grid, maritime transport, etc. ) on telecommunications and
information in frastructure. Many of the networks that evolved
today have an added complexity in that they have both a spatial
structure - i. e. , they are located in physical space but also an
a spatial dimension brought on largely by their dependence on infor
mation technology. They are also often just one component of a
larger system of geographically integrated and overlapping networks
operating at different spatial levels. An understanding of these
complexities is imperative for the design of plans and policies
that can be used to optimize the efficiency, performance and safety
of transportation, telecommunications and other networked systems.
In one sense, technological advances along with economic forces
that encourage the clustering of activities in space to reduce
transaction costs have led to more efficient network structures. At
the same time the very properties that make these networks more ef
ficient have also put them at a greater risk for becoming
disconnected or signifi cantly disruptedwh en super connected nodes
are removed either intentionally or through a targeted attack.
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