Governing the Infrastructural, Spatial, and Social Consequences of Urban Digital Food Delivery Platforms

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ID22018335
AutoresMosen Farhangi (0000-0002-5162-0635, IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute), Harald Rohracher (0000-0003-3945-0183, Linköping University), Gunilla Meurling (Linköping University)
Año2025
Volumen10
Fecha de publicación2025-09-10
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaUrban Planning (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2183-7635 • E-ISSN: 2183-7635
EditorialCogitatio (PUBLISHER • PT)
DOI10.17645/up.10623
OpenAlexW4414111757
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas45

Digital food delivery platforms (DFDPs) are transforming how food is distributed and consumed in cities, but also how urban space, infrastructure, and labor are organized. This article examines how DFDPs affect urban infrastructure in cities by analyzing their spatial, logistical, and governance impacts. Drawing on interviews with municipal officials, platform companies, and civil society actors in three Swedish cities, as well as document analysis and literature review, the study explores how DFDPs challenge conventional planning and regulatory frameworks. Using the lenses of spatial inequality, platform urbanism, and anticipatory governance, the article investigates how platforms operate through hybrid infrastructures that can affect land use, public space, and spatial equalities. While municipal responses remain fragmented and reactive, emerging experiments offer glimpses of more inclusive and future‐oriented governance. The article suggests that urban planning approaches need to recognize DFDPs as infrastructural actors and integrate them into coherent regulatory strategies

Civil society · Corporate governance · Public participation · Public policy · Spatial planning · Urban planning · Urban policy · Consumer Retail Behavior Studies · Digital Economy and Work Transformation · Sharing Economy and Platforms