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How do Airbnb and short-term rentals affect housing and
communities? Locating the origins and success of Airbnb in the
conditions wrought by the 2008 financial crisis, the authors bring
together a diverse body of literature and construct case studies of
cities in the US, Australia and Germany to examine the struggles of
local authorities to protect their housing and neighborhoods from
the increasing professionalization and commercialization of Airbnb.
The book argues that the most disruptive impact of Airbnb and
short-term rentals has been on housing and neighborhoods in urban
centers where housing markets are stressed. Despite its claims,
Airbnb has revealed itself as platform capitalism, incentivizing
speculation in residential housing. At the heart of this trajectory
is its business model and control over access to data. In a first
narrative, the authors discuss how Airbnb has institutionalized
short-term rentals, consequently removing long-term rentals,
contributing to rising rents and changing neighborhood milieus as
visitors replace long-term residents. In a second narrative the
authors trace the transformation of short-term rentals into a
multibillion-dollar hybrid real estate sector promoting a variety
of flexible tenure models. While these models provide more options
for owners and investors, they have the potential to undermine
housing security and exacerbate housing inequality. While the
overall effects have been similar across countries and cities,
depending on housing systems, local response has varied from less
restrictive in Australia to increasingly restrictive in the United
States and most restrictive in Germany. Although Airbnb has made
some concessions, it has not given any city the data needed to
efficiently enforce regulations, making for costly externalities.
Written in a clear and direct style, this volume will appeal to
students and scholars in Urban Studies, Urban Planning, Housing and
Tourism Studies.
How do Airbnb and short-term rentals affect housing and
communities? Locating the origins and success of Airbnb in the
conditions wrought by the 2008 financial crisis, the authors bring
together a diverse body of literature and construct case studies of
cities in the US, Australia and Germany to examine the struggles of
local authorities to protect their housing and neighborhoods from
the increasing professionalization and commercialization of Airbnb.
The book argues that the most disruptive impact of Airbnb and
short-term rentals has been on housing and neighborhoods in urban
centers where housing markets are stressed. Despite its claims,
Airbnb has revealed itself as platform capitalism, incentivizing
speculation in residential housing. At the heart of this trajectory
is its business model and control over access to data. In a first
narrative, the authors discuss how Airbnb has institutionalized
short-term rentals, consequently removing long-term rentals,
contributing to rising rents and changing neighborhood milieus as
visitors replace long-term residents. In a second narrative the
authors trace the transformation of short-term rentals into a
multibillion-dollar hybrid real estate sector promoting a variety
of flexible tenure models. While these models provide more options
for owners and investors, they have the potential to undermine
housing security and exacerbate housing inequality. While the
overall effects have been similar across countries and cities,
depending on housing systems, local response has varied from less
restrictive in Australia to increasingly restrictive in the United
States and most restrictive in Germany. Although Airbnb has made
some concessions, it has not given any city the data needed to
efficiently enforce regulations, making for costly externalities.
Written in a clear and direct style, this volume will appeal to
students and scholars in Urban Studies, Urban Planning, Housing and
Tourism Studies.
At the center of this book are the World War II letters
(Feldpostbriefe) of a German artist and art teacher to his wife.
While Bernhard Epple's letters to his wife, Gudrun, address many of
the topics usually found in war letters (food, lodging conditions,
the weather, problems with the mail service, requests for favors
from home), they are unusual in two respects. Each letter is
lovingly decorated with a drawing and the letters make few
references to the war itself. In addition to many personal
communications and expressions of love for his wife and children,
Epple writes about landscapes he saw as well as churches, museums
and bookstores he visited. Epple's letters give testimony to how a
particular German soldier who was drafted and survived the war did
his best to remain a civilian in uniform; distancing himself from a
reality that was not of his choosing, seeking comfort and refuge in
his love for art and his ability to share this love with his wife,
herself an artist. While Epple's letters are deeply personal, this
book is about the human experience of war and the separation from
civilian life and from family and friends. The introduction
provides a short discussion of the importance and uses of war
letters as historical documents, followed by a biography of the
letter writer. The letters make up the two central chapters. e
drawings form an integral part of the letters; each is reproduced
and accompanied by an English translation of the letter. In
addition to the drawings, the text includes several photographs of
the letter writer and his family.
Among the many German immigrants to the United States over the
years, one group is unusual: former prisoners of war who had spent
between one and three years on American soil and who returned
voluntarily as immigrants after the war. Drawing on archival
sources and in-depth interviews with 35 former prisoners who
immigrated, the book outlines the conditions and circumstances that
defined their unusual experiences and traces their journeys from
captive enemies to American citizens. Although the respondents came
from different backgrounds, and arrived on America at different
times between 1943 and 1945, their experiences as prisoners of war
not only left an indelible impression on their minds, it also
provided them with opportunities and resources that helped them
leave Germany behind and return to the place ""where we had the
good life.
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