The Platform Economy is changing the way cities live, work, and are governed. Though the benefits to consumers is self-apparent, the externalities often are not. Papers in this panel explores the urban impacts - both good and bad - that internet-platform companies like Uber, AirBnB, and TaskRabbit bring, and then make recommendations on how to best integrate/regulate this new industry into municipalities.
Moderator: Austin Zwick, University of Toronto
The Urban Geography of Short-Term Rentals David Wachsmuth, McGill University
Subsidized Homeownership: Deepening Urban Inequality through Airbnb Pablo Mendez, Carleton University
Trustless Systems and the Future of Economic Value: Emerging Issues and Implications Will Seaward, University of Waterloo
Disrupting Stuff: Material Flows in the Platform City Clarence Woudsma, University of Waterloo
The Platform Economy and Levels of Sociotechnical Organization Jon Woodside, University of Waterloo
