Edited by Oksana Mont, Professor in Sustainable Consumption Governance, The International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE), Lund University, Sweden

• ContentsINTRODUCTION1 Introduction to Understanding the Urban Sharing Economy 2Oksana Mont and Yuliya Voytenko PalganPART I THE BUSINESS MODEL LENS: CRITICALPERSPECTIVES IN THE URBAN SHARING ECONOMY2 Discontent, disappointment, and hope for a better future:views on the utility of the business model concept in thesharing economy 25Jon Williamsson3 Libraries of things: at the intersection of sharing and socialeconomies 42Emily Silva and Oksana Mont4 Expansion of urban sharing business models: a businessecosystem view 65Vadim Grinevich, Franz Huber, Katharina Obenholzner andLinda BainesPART II ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS OF URBANSHARING AND THE SUSTAINABILITY DEBATE5 The environmental impacts of car sharing: direct and indirecteffects 87Andrius Plepys and Ana María Arbeláez Vélez6 Assessing sharing of household goods: tool and toy sharing inMelbourne and Toronto 110Oksana Mont7 Exploring economic challenges and costs of food-sharinginitiatives 131Vera Sadovska, Oksana Mont and Yuliya Voytenko PalganPART III INSTITUTIONALISATION OF URBAN SHARINGAND GOVERNANCE CHALLENGES8 Evolution of car-sharing and its policy environment inMelbourne, Australia 153Luisiana Paganelli9 Municipal governance of the sharing economy sectors: globalinsights 173Yuliya Voytenko Palgan and Oksana Mont10 How digital disruptors influence multilevel governance in theEU: the case of Airbnb in Amsterdam 210Isabella Bremmers-CarrascoLOOKING FORWARD11 The sharing economy and sufficiency 230Oksana Mont and Yuliya Voytenko PalganIndex 247

‘Understanding the Urban Sharing Economy offers a thoughtful exploration of how the sharing economy can transform urban living for the better. Moving beyond the wishful thinking of the early sharing economy discourse, this book addresses key issues such as the tensions between true sharing values and monopolistic business models, while also examining environmental impacts and governance challenges. Readers will find a balanced and insightful roadmap for a sustainable urban future.’