Touristification, Sharing Economies and the New Geography of Urban Conflicts

Bibliographic Data

ID13112876
AuthorsLuis Del Romero Renau (0000-0001-5620-9979, Universitat de València, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume2
Issue4
Pages104-104
Publication date2018-10-15
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueUrban Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2413-8851 • E-ISSN: 2413-8851
PublisherMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/urbansci2040104
OpenAlexW2896304877
LanguageEN
Citations received29
References cited17

The aim of this study was to address the highly controversial problem of the increasing touristification of urban centers, analyzing the case of Valencia. The paper begins with a theoretical reflection to disambiguate the term “sharing economy”, the emergence of all kinds of digital service platforms that are revolutionizing traditional economic sectors of services, such as transport, tourist accommodation, or personal services. The new geography of urban conflicts that has arisen in recent years in this city, largely as a consequence of the paradigm of the collaborative economy in the tourism sector, was analyzed. This situation contrasts sharply with the panorama of conflicts that existed before and during the international financial crisis. Finally, the main social, economic and environmental impacts of collaborative economies are discussed, from the approach of a new phase in neoliberal capitalism

Accommodation · Business · Capitalism · Economic geography · Economics · Economy · Geography · Panorama · Political science · Service (business · Sharing economy · Tourism · Sharing Economy and Platforms · Transportation and Mobility Innovations · Urban and Freight Transport Logistics

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