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8 - Networks Have a Spatial Dimension

from Part III - Networks and Social Worlds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2020

Claire Bidart
Affiliation:
French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), Aix Marseille Univ.
Alain Degenne
Affiliation:
French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS)
Michel Grossetti
Affiliation:
French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS ) and the School of Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS)
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Summary

How do networks behave with regard to spatial divisions, do they respect or transgress distances, qualifications of spaces, mobilities? Can the development of new means of communicating over distance change this relationship of networks to space? Where do our relatives or, more generally, those with whom we are in contact live? Are we close (spatially) to our close (emotionally) ones ? What are the effects of urban evolutions on relational structures? How does spatial mobility influence networks? This is the issue of the spatial dimension of personal networks or, to put it another way, the link between "spatial" proximity and "relational" proximity. We show the importance of the local (city-wide) dimension of networks, but also their ability to retain their structure after mobility, despite significant changes in their composition.

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Living in Networks
The Dynamics of Social Relations
, pp. 193 - 209
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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  • Networks Have a Spatial Dimension
  • Claire Bidart, French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), Aix Marseille Univ., Alain Degenne, French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), Michel Grossetti, French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS ) and the School of Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS)
  • Book: Living in Networks
  • Online publication: 27 October 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108882392.013
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  • Networks Have a Spatial Dimension
  • Claire Bidart, French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), Aix Marseille Univ., Alain Degenne, French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), Michel Grossetti, French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS ) and the School of Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS)
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  • Online publication: 27 October 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108882392.013
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  • Networks Have a Spatial Dimension
  • Claire Bidart, French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), Aix Marseille Univ., Alain Degenne, French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), Michel Grossetti, French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS ) and the School of Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS)
  • Book: Living in Networks
  • Online publication: 27 October 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108882392.013
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