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Yuliya Voytenko Palgan

Yuliya Voytenko Palgan

Senior lecturer

Yuliya Voytenko Palgan

Municipal governance of the sharing economy sectors: global insights

Author

  • Yuliya Voytenko Palgan
  • Oksana Mont

Editor

  • Oksana Mont

Summary, in English

The sharing economy generates many benefits for cities and their citizens. However, it also causes numerous economic, social and environmental challenges, which are the reasons cities develop various policies and regulations. Previous research has explored municipal regulations across cities and countries but often overlooked alternative governance mechanisms. Our earlier work highlighted the need to systematically explore variations in governance approaches adopted by municipalities towards the sharing economy's sectors like accommodation, mobility and physical goods. This chapter compares municipal governance in ten cities, Amsterdam, Berlin, Gothenburg, London, Malmö, Melbourne, San Francisco, Seoul, Shanghai and Toronto, according to a comprehensive framework of municipal governance comprising five mechanisms and 11 roles. Empirical evidence comes from 212 semi-structured interviews, ten mobile research labs, nine stakeholder workshops, three focus groups, and a review of academic and grey literature. This chapter unpacks why municipal governance of the sharing economy varies across cities and sectors, introducing a framework for categorising contextual factors shaping municipal engagement with sharing organisations.

Department/s

  • The International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics

Publishing year

2025-03-18

Language

English

Pages

173-209

Publication/Series

Understanding the Urban Sharing Economy

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.

Topic

  • Social Sciences
  • Other Social Sciences not elsewhere specified

Keywords

  • sharing economy
  • sharing cities
  • municipal governance
  • municipality
  • framework
  • city

Status

Published

Project

  • Sharing and the City
  • Urban Sharing: Sustainability and Institutionalisation Pathways

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 9781035320530
  • ISBN: 9781035320547