This book provides readers with the contexts and basic notions of information and Internet geography, and then considers the major phases of its dimensions and operations through technology, production, contents, transmission, the media and consumption of information. A unique book in several ways, The Internet on Earth: a Geography of Information:

• Presents readers with international, national, and urban data for various aspects of the Internet and information at large.

• Highlights geographical differences for many aspects of the Internet industry, as well as identifying leading cities and countries in information technology, information production, and information consumption.

• Addresses the interrelationships between information and information technology, as well as those between information and knowledge, notably within the context of the Internet.

The Internet on Earth: a Geography of Information is an essential read for student and academic geographers and information scientists, especially those interested in information and telecommunications, urban and economic geography.