The situation in the Middle East starting with Tunisia and spreading to Egypt and other countries in the region proves the power of the Internet through social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook to mobilize people in cities for social change. The movements were without real leadership or planned action and thus radically different from other similar urban protests in the past. Such mobilization could not have happened without these technological innovations. What are the implications of the growth of Internet social networking for the governance of cities? Any comments are welcome. Also, manuscripts concerning this topic would be very welcome in the online journal Urbana: http://www.tamuk.edu/geo/Urbana/
Manuscripts can be sent directly to michaelamcadams@yahoo.com
urban, cities, chaos, complexity, fractals, city, urban planning,urban studies, complexity theory, chaos theory, chaos, suburbs, sustainability, natural capital, Economic Crisis of 2008, Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Movement, direct democracy, participatory democracy, urban revitalization, cultural economy of cities, political economy of cities
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