How Sharing Can Contribute to More Sustainable Cities

Recently, much of the literature on sharing in cities has focused on the sharing economy, in which people use online platforms to share underutilized assets in the marketplace. This view of sharing is too narrow for cities, as it neglects the myriad of ways, reasons, and scales in which citizens share in urban environments. Research presented here by the Liveable Cities team in the form of participant workshops in Lancaster and Birmingham, UK, suggests that a broader approach to understanding sharing in cities is essential. The research also highlighted tools and methods that may be used to help to identify sharing in communities. The paper ends with advice to city stakeholders, such as policymakers, urban planners, and urban designers, who are considering how to enhance sustainability in cities through sharing. View Full-Text

Keywords: sharing; cities; sharing cities; workshops

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Boyko, C.T.; Clune, S.J.; Cooper, R.F.D.; Coulton, C.J.; Dunn, N.S.; Pollastri, S.; Leach, J.M.; Bouch, C.J.; Cavada, M.; De Laurentiis, V.; Goodfellow-Smith, M.; Hale, J.D.; Hunt, D.K.G.; Lee, S.E.; Locret-Collet, M.; Sadler, J.P.; Ward, J.; Rogers, C.D.F.; Popan, C.; Psarikidou, K.; Urry, J.; Blunden, L.S.; Bourikas, L.; Büchs, M.; Falkingham, J.; Harper, M.; James, P.A.B.; Kamanda, M.; Sanches, T.; Tuner, P.; Wu, P.Y.; Bahaj, A.S.; Ortegon, A.; Barnes, K.; Cosgrave, E.; Honeybone, P.; Joffe, H.; Kwami, C.; Zeeb, V.; Collins, B.; Tyler, N. How Sharing Can Contribute to More Sustainable Cities. Sustainability 2017, 9, 701. https://doi.org/10.3390/su9050701

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Boyko CT, Clune SJ, Cooper RFD, Coulton CJ, Dunn NS, Pollastri S, Leach JM, Bouch CJ, Cavada M, De Laurentiis V, Goodfellow-Smith M, Hale JD, Hunt DKG, Lee SE, Locret-Collet M, Sadler JP, Ward J, Rogers CDF, Popan C, Psarikidou K, Urry J, Blunden LS, Bourikas L, Büchs M, Falkingham J, Harper M, James PAB, Kamanda M, Sanches T, Tuner P, Wu PY, Bahaj AS, Ortegon A, Barnes K, Cosgrave E, Honeybone P, Joffe H, Kwami C, Zeeb V, Collins B, Tyler N. How Sharing Can Contribute to More Sustainable Cities. Sustainability. 2017; 9(5):701. https://doi.org/10.3390/su9050701

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Boyko, Christopher T., Stephen J. Clune, Rachel F. D. Cooper, Claire J. Coulton, Nick S. Dunn, Serena Pollastri, Joanne M. Leach, Christopher J. Bouch, Mariana Cavada, Valeria De Laurentiis, Mike Goodfellow-Smith, James D. Hale, Dan K. G. Hunt, Susan E. Lee, Martin Locret-Collet, Jon P. Sadler, Jonathan Ward, Christopher D. F. Rogers, Cosmin Popan, Katerina Psarikidou, John Urry, Luke S. Blunden, Leonidas Bourikas, Milena Büchs, Jane Falkingham, Mikey Harper, Patrick A. B. James, Mamusu Kamanda, Tatiana Sanches, Philip Tuner, Phil Y. Wu, AbuBakr S. Bahaj, Adriana Ortegon, Katie Barnes, Ellie Cosgrave, Paul Honeybone, Helene Joffe, Corina Kwami, Victoria Zeeb, Brian Collins, and Nick Tyler. 2017. "How Sharing Can Contribute to More Sustainable Cities" Sustainability 9, no. 5: 701. https://doi.org/10.3390/su9050701

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