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Understanding the Urban Sharing Economy
Sustainability and Institutionalisation
9781035320530 Edward Elgar Publishing
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This timely book considers the potential solutions that the sharing economy offers to tackle the increasing challenges of urbanisation and sustainability facing cities. It emphasises the need for robust policies to ensure that the sharing economy supports urban sustainability and resilience by promoting more efficient and circular use of urban resources through practices like car-sharing, accommodation rentals, and the sharing of physical goods.
This timely book considers the potential solutions that the sharing economy offers to tackle the increasing challenges of urbanisation and sustainability facing cities. It emphasises the need for robust policies to ensure that the sharing economy supports urban sustainability and resilience by promoting more efficient and circular use of urban resources through practices like car-sharing, accommodation rentals, and the sharing of physical goods.
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This timely book considers the potential solutions that the sharing economy offers to tackle the increasing challenges of urbanisation and sustainability facing cities. It emphasises the need for robust policies to ensure that the sharing economy supports urban sustainability and resilience by promoting more efficient and circular use of urban resources through practices like car-sharing, accommodation rentals, and the sharing of physical goods.
Understanding the Urban Sharing Economy presents a rich blend of empirical studies and theoretical insights exploring business models and the role of sharing organisations and digital platforms. Leading and emerging scholars explore the environmental implications of urban sharing and sustainability challenges in urban settings. Through interdisciplinary case studies and examples from eleven diverse cities, the book takes a holistic approach to analysing the varied governance approaches and institutionalisation mechanisms within the urban sharing economy.
This is an essential resource for students and scholars interested in gaining a deeper understanding of the urban sharing economy from economics, business, sociology, urban studies and environmental studies perspectives. Its practical examples, analytical frameworks and policy recommendations will also make this an insightful read for public administration and governance practitioners.
Understanding the Urban Sharing Economy presents a rich blend of empirical studies and theoretical insights exploring business models and the role of sharing organisations and digital platforms. Leading and emerging scholars explore the environmental implications of urban sharing and sustainability challenges in urban settings. Through interdisciplinary case studies and examples from eleven diverse cities, the book takes a holistic approach to analysing the varied governance approaches and institutionalisation mechanisms within the urban sharing economy.
This is an essential resource for students and scholars interested in gaining a deeper understanding of the urban sharing economy from economics, business, sociology, urban studies and environmental studies perspectives. Its practical examples, analytical frameworks and policy recommendations will also make this an insightful read for public administration and governance practitioners.
Critical Acclaim
‘This book offers a rich, nuanced, and timely perspective on the sharing economy, telling the story of promises, actors, barriers, and strategies that have defined its development on different continents. It provides a guide that can truly reshape the future of urban sharing.’
– Diana Ivanova, University of Leeds, UK
‘As the sharing economy has come to age, this is a timely book taking stock of how sharing has become institutionalized in varying urban settings. This volume is of interest for geographers, sociologists and policy scholars alike, and for everyone studying the unfolding platform economy.’
– Koen Frenken, Utrecht University, the Netherlands
– Diana Ivanova, University of Leeds, UK
‘As the sharing economy has come to age, this is a timely book taking stock of how sharing has become institutionalized in varying urban settings. This volume is of interest for geographers, sociologists and policy scholars alike, and for everyone studying the unfolding platform economy.’
– Koen Frenken, Utrecht University, the Netherlands
