Sharing cities :

McLaren, Duncan

Sharing cities : a case for truly smart and sustainable cities / by Duncan McLaren and Julian Agyeman ; foreword by Mike Childs - Cambridge : MIT Press, 2015. - x, 445 p. - Urban and Industrial Environments / Robert Gottlieb and Henry R. Luce .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents : Introduction--
1. Case study : San Francisco --Sharing consumption : the city as platform--
2. Case study : Seoul--Sharing production : the city as collective commons--
3. Case study : Copenhagen--Sharing politics : the city as public realm--
4. Case study : Medellin--Sharing society : reclaiming the city.
5. Case study : Amsterdam--the sharing city : understanding and acting on the sharing--
6. 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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UD
Cities and towns --Social aspects.
Urban economics.
Urbanization
Cities and towns--Effect of technological innovations
Sustainable urban development.

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