Overview
- Provides a wider understanding of the geographies of the platform economy
- Discusses platform economy and offers valuable criticism to the new economic conditions
- Provides an understanding of platform economy given the various issues that stem from this new economic context
Part of the book series: Economic Geography (ECOGEO)
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Keywords
- Digital Geographies
- Platform Economy
- Digital Platforms
- Digital Labour
- Gig Economy
- Platformization
About this book
There is a significant diversity of scientific fields that are studying topics related to the platform economy. Several studies have emerged from different fields, including, but not limited to, geography, economy, sociology, information science, management, marketing, or the humanities. However, geography has become an important field to understand the platform economy given its critical position over the economic, cultural, and social issues that stem from this new economic context. The purpose of this book is to approach these discussions and offer a critical view of the platform economy from the perspective of geography, stemming from the different subfields of the discipline and not restricted to what has been referred to as Digital Geography.
This book will appeal to scholars, undergraduate and postgraduate students in the social sciences. It will be particularly relevant to those with research interests in digital geographies and economic geography, economics and business.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Daniela Ferreira studies the digital platforms and their economic role to the platform economy through cocreation proccesses and enterpreneurial ecosystems. She also studies the new forms of digital divides generated by digital platforms. Daniela holds an PhD (2022) in Geography by the Universidade de Lisboa (Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning). His doctoral research was funded by the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia. Daniela has collaborated in several internationally (ESPON) and nationally (FCT) funded research projects, such as METRO, UrBio, and Phoenix. Daniela Ferreira's research has been published in international geography and social science journals such as Geoforum, Area, Geographical Review, ISPRS International Journalof Geo-Information, or Fennia - International Journal of Geography.
Nuno Rodrigues is a PhD student in Human Geography at the Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning of the University of Lisbon. He is an Associated Researcher at DINÂMIA'CET-IUL, and an Associate Researcher at the Centre for Geographical Studies. His research focuses on the processes of digital transformation of urban space, with emphasis on the area of Smart Cities and Platform Labour.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Geographies of the Platform Economy
Book Subtitle: Critical Perspectives
Editors: Mario Vale, Daniela Ferreira, Nuno Rodrigues
Series Title: Economic Geography
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-53593-2Due: 21 June 2024
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-53596-3Due: 21 June 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-53594-9Due: 21 June 2024
Series ISSN: 2520-1417
Series E-ISSN: 2520-1425
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 220
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 11 illustrations in colour