Understanding the Urban Sharing Economy

Edited by Oksana Mont ()

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Abstract: This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline, thanks to generous funding support from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Grant Agreement No. 771872). This 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.

Keywords: Sharing Business Models; Sustainability Impacts; Institutionalisation; Governance Mechanisms; Cities And The Sharing Economy; Sharing Platforms (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781035320530
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Introduction to Understanding the Urban Sharing Economy

Oksana Mont and Yuliya Voytenko Palgan

Ch 2 Discontent, disappointment, and hope for a better future: views on the utility of the business model concept in the sharing economy

Jon Williamsson

Ch 3 Libraries of things: at the intersection of sharing and social economies

Emily Silva and Oksana Mont

Ch 4 Expansion of urban sharing business models: a business ecosystem view

Vadim Grinevich, Franz Huber, Katharina Obenholzner and Linda Baines

Ch 5 The environmental impacts of car sharing: direct and indirect effects

Andrius Plepys and Ana María Arbeláez Vélez

Ch 6 Assessing sharing of household goods: tool and toy sharing in Melbourne and Toronto

Oksana Mont

Ch 7 Exploring economic challenges and costs of food-sharing initiatives

Vera Sadovska, Oksana Mont and Yuliya Voytenko Palgan

Ch 8 Evolution of car-sharing and its policy environment in Melbourne, Australia

Luisiana Paganelli

Ch 9 Municipal governance of the sharing economy sectors: global insights

Yuliya Voytenko Palgan and Oksana Mont

Ch 10 How digital disruptors influence multilevel governance in the EU: the case of Airbnb in Amsterdam

Isabella Bremmers-Carrasco

Ch 11 The sharing economy and sufficiency

Oksana Mont and Yuliya Voytenko Palgan

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