Descripción del proyecto
THE RAPID GROWTH OF THE TOURISM SHARING ECONOMY SUCH AS AIRBNB HAS BROUGHT ABOUT CERTAIN SOCIAL, SPATIAL AND ECONOMIC CHANGES AMONG LOCAL COMMUNITIES, BY ADOPTING A CROSS-NATIONAL, CROSS-DISCIPLINARY AND CROSS-METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH, LIVETHERE AIMS TO ANALYZE HOW THE RECENT EXPANSION, COMMODIFICATION AND STANDARDIZATION OF AIRBNB RENTAL APARTMENTS HAS RE-SHAPED THE MULTIFACETED SET OF STRATEGIES, INTERESTS, ALLIANCES AND CONFLICTS EXISTING AMONG DIFFERENT SOCIAL ACTORS OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES IN CENTRAL AREAS OF 8 EUROPEAN CITIES (PARIS, LONDON, ROME, BARCELONA, AMSTERDAM, BERLIN, LISBON AND MADRID), SPECIFICALLY, LIVETHERE AIMS TO (I) IDENTIFY AND EXAMINE THE SOCIAL AND SPATIAL EFFECTS OF THE RECENT EXPANSION OF AIRBNB TOURIST APARTMENTS ON THE CENTRAL DISTRICTS OF THE SELECTED CITIES; AND TO (II) IDENTIFY AND EXAMINE THE RECONFIGURATION OF OLD AND THE RISE OF NEW INTERESTS, ALLIANCES AND CONFLICTS AMONG DIFFERENT SOCIAL ACTORS OF THE TOURISTIFIED LOCAL COMMUNITIES SELECTED,LIVETHERE WILL THEREBY ENHANCE URBAN STUDIES BY ESTABLISHING A NEW BOTTOM-UP THEORETICAL, CONCEPTUAL AND METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH NEVER BEFORE DEVELOPED, ADDRESSING THE COMPLEX, MULTIFACETED INTERPLAY BETWEEN PROCESSES OF TOURISTIFICATION, THE RISE OF THE SHARING ECONOMY IN THE TOURIST CITY AND THE STRATEGIES OF RESISTANCE, RESILIENCE, ADAPTATION AND DISPLACEMENT ADOPTED BY ACTORS OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES, IMPORTANTLY, THE THEORETICAL, CONCEPTUAL AND GROUND-BREAKING METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH ADOPTED BY LIVETHERE WILL BE STRONGLY ORIENTED TOWARDS PROVIDING NEW, INNOVATIVE AND GROUND-BREAKING ADVANCES IN THE URBAN GOVERNANCE OF THE EUROPEAN CITIES AFFECTED BY INTENSE PROCESSES OF TOURISTIFICATION, FINALLY, THE DISSEMINATION, EXPLOITATION AND COMMUNICATION ACTIONS CARRIED OUT THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF THE PROJECT WILL PROPOSE, DEVELOP AND SUPPORT THE FURTHER IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW POLICY INSTRUMENTS, STRATEGIES, GOOD PRACTICES AND JOINT ACTIONS TOWARDS A MORE LIVEABLE AND INCLUSIVE TOURIST CITY, TOURISTIFICATION\AIRBNB\GENTRIFICATION\DISPLACEMENT