Sharing cities : a case for truly smart and sustainable cities /
Duncan McLaren and Julian Agyeman.
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, (c)2015.
- 1 online resource (x, 445 pages) : illustrations
- Urban and industrial environments .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Case study: San Francisco. Sharing consumption : the city as platform -- Case study: Seoul. Sharing production : the city as collective commons -- Case study: Copenhagen. Sharing politics : the city as public realm -- Case study: Medellín. Sharing society : reclaiming the city -- Case study: Amsterdam. The sharing city : understanding and acting on the sharing paradigm -- Case study: Bengaluru. Synthesis.
The work makes a case for understanding cities as shared spaces and venues for collaboration; and proposes policies and practices to share cities fairly. It argues that with modern technologies the intersection of urban space and cyberspace provides an unrivalled platform for more just, inclusive and environmentally efficient economies and societies rooted in a sharing culture.
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Urbanization. Sharing--Social aspects. Municipal government. Urban economics. Sustainable urban development. Technological innovations. Local government. Cooperative Behavior Inventions Local Government Urbanization