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The platform economy and the smart city : technology and the transformation of urban policy /

"Over the past decade, cities have come into closer contact and conflict with new technologies. From reactive policymaking in response to platform economy firms to proactive policymaking in an effort to develop into smart cities, urban governance is transforming at an unprecedented speed and sc...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Zwick, Austin (Editor ), Spicer, Zachary, 1983- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2021]
Colección:McGill-Queen's studies in urban governance ; 15.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / Austin Zwick, Zachary Spicer, and Kate Alexis Abogado
  • Mobilizing the Platform Economy: Regulating Short-Term Rentals in Toronto / Sean Grisdale
  • Who's the Boss? The Impact of Digitally Mediated Employment on Labour Markets and the Nature of Work / Andrew Wolf
  • Ride-Hailing Platforms Are Shaping the Future of Mobility, but for Whom? / Mischa Young and Steven Farber
  • Disrupting Stuff: Material Flows in the Platform City / Clarence Woudsma
  • Ride Hailing in Canadian Cities / Shauna Brail
  • Taking Kingston for a Regulatory Ride? Uber's Entrance into Kingston, Ontario / Betsy Donald and Morgan Sage, with Anna Moroz
  • A New Public-Private Partnership for the Platform Age? Uber as Public Transit / Zachary Spicer
  • Regulatory Paradigms for the Coming Age of Autonomous Vehicles / Austin Zwick and Eamonn Dundon
  • The Promise and the Peril of the Smart City / Maxwell Hartt, Austin Zwick, and Brian Webb
  • Seeing the City as a Platform: Is Canada's Smart Cities Challenge a Good Step in That Direction? / Pamela Robinson and Jeff Biggar
  • A Smart City for Toronto: What Does Quayside Tell Us about the State of Smart City Building? / Zachary Spicer and Austin Zwick
  • From Processors to Platforms: Innovation and the Changing Nature of Space / Nathan Stewart, Austin Zwick, and Eamonn Dundon
  • Conclusion / Zachary Spicer and Austin Zwick.