Sharing Cities: A Case for Truly Smart and Sustainable CitiesHow cities can build on the “sharing economy” and smart technology to deliver a “sharing paradigm” that supports justice, solidarity, and sustainability. The future of humanity is urban, and the nature of urban space enables, and necessitates, sharing—of resources, goods and services, experiences. Yet traditional forms of sharing have been undermined in modern cities by social fragmentation and commercialization of the public realm. In Sharing Cities, Duncan McLaren and Julian Agyeman argue that the intersection of cities' highly networked physical space with new digital technologies and new mediated forms of sharing offers cities the opportunity to connect smart technology to justice, solidarity, and sustainability. McLaren and Agyeman explore the opportunities and risks for sustainability, solidarity, and justice in the changing nature of sharing. McLaren and Agyeman propose a new “sharing paradigm,” which goes beyond the faddish “sharing economy”—seen in such ventures as Uber and TaskRabbit—to envision models of sharing that are not always commercial but also communal, encouraging trust and collaboration. Detailed case studies of San Francisco, Seoul, Copenhagen, Medellín, Amsterdam, and Bengaluru (formerly Bangalore) contextualize the authors' discussions of collaborative consumption and production; the shared public realm, both physical and virtual; the design of sharing to enhance equity and justice; and the prospects for scaling up the sharing paradigm though city governance. They show how sharing could shift values and norms, enable civic engagement and political activism, and rebuild a shared urban commons. Their case for sharing and solidarity offers a powerful alternative for urban futures to conventional “race-to-the-bottom” narratives of competition, enclosure, and division. |
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... Sharing Politics: The City as Public Realm 144 4 Case Study: Medellín 191 Sharing Society: Reclaiming the City 199 5 Case Study: Amsterdam 247 The Sharing City: Understanding and Acting on the Sharing Paradigm 252 6 Case Study ...
... sharing cities as a response to those challenges, and introduces some critical concepts associated with what we call the “sharing paradigm” and the necessary sociocultural and political changes needed to bring it about. Possible City ...
... sharing the whole city” should become the guiding purpose of the future city. Adopting what we are calling the “sharing paradigm” in this way offers cities the opportunity to lead the transition to just sustainabilities. This offers a ...
... sharing paradigm and sharing cities is emerging, and indeed needs to occur. Defining Sharing: The Sharing Paradigm Dictionaries agree that sharing encompasses processes whereby we divide something between multiple users; we allow others ...
... Sharing Paradigm Things Services Activities Individual Swapping, bartering, gifting Ridesharing, couchsurfing Skill sharing Collective Car clubs, tool-banks, fab-labs Childcare, credit unions, time-banks, crowdfunding Sports clubs, social ...
Contents
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Seoul | 71 |
The City as Collective Commons | 78 |
Copenhagen | 137 |
The City as Public Realm | 144 |
Medellín | 191 |
Amsterdam | 247 |
Understanding and Acting on the Sharing | 252 |
Bengaluru | 311 |
Synthesis | 317 |
Notes | 327 |
Bibliography | 411 |
Index | 423 |
Series List | 446 |
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Sharing Cities: A Case for Truly Smart and Sustainable Cities Duncan McLaren,Julian Agyeman Limited preview - 2015 |
Sharing Cities: A Case for Truly Smart and Sustainable Cities Duncan McLaren,Julian Agyeman No preview available - 2017 |
Sharing Cities: A Case for Truly Smart and Sustainable Cities Duncan McLaren,Julian Agyeman No preview available - 2015 |