Regional Information Flows

Existing and New Approaches to Geographical Study

Bibliographic Data

ID21219289
AuthorsВ И Блануца (0000-0003-3958-216X, V. B. Sochava Institute of Geography, corresponding author), V I Blanutsa, K A Cherepanov (V. B. Sochava Institute of Geography, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume9
Issue1
Pages97-106
Publication date2019-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRegional Research of Russia (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2079-9713 • E-ISSN: 2079-9705
PublisherPleiades Publishing Ltd (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1134/s2079970519010039
OpenAlexW2941003067
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited20

The global experience of geographical study of information flows is reviewed for the first time based on journal papers and monographs published in 1988–2017. It is established that the issue is understudied, subject to a shift from understanding the relevance of such studies to attempts to measure and structure information flows. The key areas of geographic study are identified: flows without channels and traffic, channels without traffic, traffic without channels, and flows with channels and traffic. No publication has been retrieved for the fourth area, which is most important for regional studies. Three new approaches are proposed in the framework of next-generation communication network studies and in line with the fourth area: uplink–downlink traffic distribution, redistribution of traffic inside a region proportionally to the population size of settlements, and the definition of potential of mobile communication field. The new approaches are tested with a case study of Russia’s Irkutsk oblast

Business · Economic geography · Geography · Regional science · Geographic Information Systems Studies · Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis · Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis

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