Airbnb, buy-to-let investment and tourism-driven displacement: A case study in Lisbon:
Agustín Cocola-Gant,Ana Gago +1 more
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In this article, the authors explore whether short-term rental platforms such as Airbnb channel investment in residential real estate and the way in which they are used in the real estate market.Abstract:
Through detailed empirical analysis of a central area of Lisbon, this paper explores whether short-term rental platforms such as Airbnb channel investment in residential real estate and the way in ...read more
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Tourism and degrowth: an emerging agenda for research and praxis
TL;DR: In this paper, a conceptual framework and research agenda for exploring the relationship between tourism and degrowth is presented, with a focus on rapid and uneven expansion of tourism as a response to the 2008 economic crisis.
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Touristification, transnational gentrification and urban change in Lisbon: The neighbourhood of Alfama:
Jorge Sequera,Jordi Nofre +1 more
TL;DR: The Great Recession (2008-2014) and the consequent crises in both the national financial and production systems have led the Portuguese administration to adopt tourism and urban rehabilitation as n... as discussed by the authors.
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Overtourism, place alienation and the right to the city: insights from the historic centre of Seville, Spain
Ibán Díaz-Parra,Jaime Jover +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors suggest that the impact of tourism and transnational gentrification on socio-spatial justice in cities should be taken into account, and they suggest that travel flows across the planet have drawn attention to socio spatial justice.
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Smartening sustainable development in cities: strengthening the theoretical linkage between smart cities and SDGs
TL;DR: In this article , the authors assess the effect of SDGs institutionalization on the concept of smart sustainable cities and analyze the degree of alignment and potential areas of development, revealing the existence of brokerage keywords, which rank high in both fields of the literature, but are missing from the portfolio of overlapping keywords.
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Overtourism and online short-term rental platforms in Italian cities
Filippo Celata,Antonello Romano +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors suggest that the diffusion of short-term tourist attraction can be traced to the increasing concern about overtourism in Italy, and they suggest that this concern can be attributed to short-terrestrial travel.
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Airbnb: disruptive innovation and the rise of an informal tourism accommodation sector.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore the emergence of Airbnb, a company whose website permits ordinary people to rent out their residences as tourist accommodation, and examine its rise through the lens of disruptive innovation theory, which describes how products that lack in traditionally favored attributes but offer alternative benefits can, over time, transform a market and capture mainstream consumers.
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The sharing economy: : A pathway to sustainability or a nightmarish form of neoliberal capitalism?
Chris J. Martin,Chris J. Martin +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present an analysis of the online sharing economy discourse, identifying that the sharing economy is framed as an economic opportunity; a more sustainable form of consumption; a pathway to a decentralised, equitable and sustainable economy; creating unregulated marketplaces; reinforcing the neoliberal paradigm; and, an incoherent field of innovation.
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The Eviction of Critical Perspectives from Gentrification Research
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors look at some recent literature and consider the reasons why the often highly critical perspectives on gentrification that we saw in earlier decades have dwindled, and argue that the eviction of critical perspectives from a field in which they were once plentiful has serious implications for those at risk from gentrification, and that reclaiming the term from those who have sugarcoated what was not so long ago a dirty word is essential if political challenges to the process can be effective.
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The Right to Stay Put, Revisited: Gentrification and Resistance to Displacement in New York City:
Kathe Newman,Elvin Wyly +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a mixed-methods study of gentrification and displacement in New York City is presented, and it is shown that displacement is a limited yet crucial indicator of the deepening class polarisation of urban housing markets.