Sharing Cities Shaping Cities

• Main Author: Arcidiacono, Andrea (auth)
• Other Authors: Salvia, Giuseppe (auth), Morello, Eugenio (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: Airbnb and policy innovation; n/a; accessibility; Airbnb and housing typologies; informality; Melbourne sharing economy; bike sharing; local communities; Airbnb and planning; Airbnb and domestic design; mobility policy; platform cooperativism; urban regeneration; Airbnb and governance; emotions; democratic quality; sharing; urban studies; stress levels; sharing platform; digital participation; social relations; spatial agency; critical autoethnography; cohousing; collaborative workplaces; participation; Bourdieu; co-design; coworking; entrepreneurial action; coworking spaces; Melbourne Airbnb; coworking business; collaborative economy; design-research; sustainable mobility; urban mobility; architecture; architectural and urban effects of Airbnb; ageing; physiological sensors; GSR; sharing economic; social street; matchmaking; socio-spatial effects of Airbnb; sharing economy; urban; galvanic skin response; coproduction; coworking space; emotional layer
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The sharing economy and collaborative consumption are attracting a great deal of interest due to their business, legal and civic implications. The consequences of the spreading of practices of sharing in urban environments and under daily dynamics are underexplored. This Special Issue aims to address if and how sharing shapes cities, the way that spaces are designed and lived in if social interactions are escalated, and the ways that habits and routines take place in post-individualistic society. In particular, the following key questions are of primary interest: Urban fabric: How is 'sharing' shaping cities? Does it represent a paradigm shift with tangible and physical reverberations on urban form? How are shared mobility, work, inhabiting reconfiguring the urban and social fabric? Social practices: Are new lifestyles and practices related to sharing changing the use and design of spaces? To what extent is sharing triggering a production and consumption paradigm shift to be reflected in urban arrangements and infrastructures? Sustainability: Does sharing increase the intensity of use of space and assets, or, rather, does it increase them to meet the expectations of convenience for urban lifestyles? To what extent are these phenomena fostering more economically-, socially-, and environmentally-sustainable practices and cities? Policy: How can policy makers and municipalities interact with these bottom-up and phenomena and grassroots innovation to create more sustainable cities? Scholars responded to the above questions from the fields of urban studies, urban planning and design, sociology, geography, theoretically-grounded and informed by the results of fieldwork activities.