TY  - JOUR
A1  - Affolderbach, Julia
A1  - de Chardon, Cyrille Médard
T1  - Just transitions through digitally enabled sharing economies?
T2  - Die Erde
N2  - Digital technologies have become central to social interaction and accessing goods and services. Development strategies and approaches to governance have increasingly deployed self-labelled ‘smart’ technologies and systems at various spatial  scales,  often  promoted  as  rectifying  social  and  geographic  inequalities  and  increasing  economic  and  environmental efficiencies. These have also been accompanied with similarly digitalized commercial and non-profit offers, particularly within the sharing economy. Concern has grown, however, over possible inequalities linked to their introduction. In this paper we critically analyse the role of sharing economies’ contribution to more inclusive, socially equitable 
and spatially just transitions. Conceptually, this paper brings together literature on sharing economies, smart urbanism 
and just transitions. Drawing on an explorative database of sharing initiatives within the cross-border region of Luxembourg and Germany, we discuss aspects of sustainability as they relate to distributive justice through spatial accessibility, intended benefits, and their operationalization. The regional analysis shows the diversity of sharing models, how they are appropriated in different ways and how intent and operationalization matter in terms of potential benefits. 
Results emphasize the need for more fine-grained, qualitative research revealing who is, and is not, participating and 
benefitting from sharing economies.
KW  - sharing economies
KW  - just transition
KW  - social sustainability
KW  - digitalization
KW  - Germany
KW  - Luxemburg
KW  - Deutschland
KW  - Grenzgebiet
KW  - Sharing Economy
KW  - Digitalisierung
KW  - Nachhaltigkeit
KW  - Verteilungsgerechtigkeit
Y1  - 2021
UR  - https://ubt.opus.hbz-nrw.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/1857
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hbz:385-1-18570
VL  - 2021
IS  - Band 4 (2021)
PB  - Geographical Society of Berlin
CY  - Berlin
ER  -