The Portuguese urban system: An opposition between its hierarchical organization in cyberspace vs. physical space

Telematics and Informatics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 74-94

  Nunes, Flávio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cyberspace; Internet; Portugal; Urban hierarchy

Indexed keywords

HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; INTERNET; PLASTICITY; SEARCH ENGINES; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

CYBERSPACE; PORTUGAL; URBAN HIERARCHY;

CYBERNETICS;

EID: 29244458626     PISSN: 07365853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tele.2005.05.001     Document Type: Article

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