Piattaforme magre Antonello Romano University of Siena, Italy This is a section of La geografia delle piattaforme digitali(DOI: 10.36253/978-88-5518-602-5) by Antonello Romano Firenze University Press Firenze 2022 https://doi.org/10.36253/978-88-5518-602-5.05

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The chapter focuses on 'lean platforms' such as Airbnb, Uber, Flixbus and illustrates their spatialities in our society.

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