BACKGROUNDS   The Urban Environment, Information and Consumption T he system of the commercial economy is facing a duality,a system in the real urban environment and in the networked cyber environment. A shopping street is one of the most typical and classic spatial elements of urban space. It usually has a geographically concentrated form and has an intimate relationship with the neighboring community.  However, because of the rapid development of information technology, electronic commerce (business to consumer) has become very popular in the networked environment. This project proposes a new type of cyberspace on the Internet which has a close relation to the shopping street in the real world, but built up very differently.   Perception of  a Shopping Street 1  Perception by a spatial experience in     the real shopping street. 2  Perception by reading guidebooks     about the shopping street. 3  Perception by browsing a web site of     the  shopping  street. (typical)   4  Perception by browsing INFOTUBE.

1  Perception by a spatial experience in the real        shopping street.        3  Perception by browsing a web site of the        shopping street. (typical)

2  Perception by reading guidebooks about the       shopping street.       4  Perception by browsing INFOTUBE.