Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Figures and Tables ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction 3
6. Managing Platforms
7. Mobilizing the Platform Economy: Regulating Short-Term Rentals in Toronto 15
8. Who's the Boss? The Impact of Digitally Mediated Employment on Labour Markets and the Nature of Work 45
9. Ride-Hailing Platforms Are Shaping the Future of Mobility, but for Whom? 84
10. Disrupting Stuff: Material Flows in the Platform City 108
11. Governing Platforms
12. Ride Hailing in Canadian Cities 129
13. Taking Kingston for a Regulatory Ride? Uber's Entrance into Kingston, Ontario 147
14. A New Public-Private Partnership for the Platform Age? Uber as Public Transit 165
15. Regulatory Paradigms for the Coming Age of Autonomous Vehicles 188
16. Cities as Platforms
17. The Promise and the Peril of the Smart City 213
18. Seeing the City as a Platform: Is Canada's Smart Cities Challenge a Good Step in That Direction? 229
19. A Smart City for Toronto: What Does Quayside Tell Us about the State of Smart City Building? 245
20. From Processors to Platforms: Innovation and the Changing Nature of Space 266
21. Conclusion 299
22. Contributors 311
23. Index 315