Sharing cities : a case for truly smart and sustainable cities / Duncan McLaren and Julian Agyeman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McLaren, Duncan, 1965- author.

Agyeman, Julian, author.

Series:

Urban and industrial environments.

Urban and industrial environments

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urbanization.

Sharing--Social aspects.

Sharing.

Municipal government.

Urban economics.

Sustainable urban development.

Technological innovations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (461 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 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: Medellín; Sharing Society: Reclaiming the City; 5 Case Study: Amsterdam; The Sharing City: Understanding and Acting on the Sharing; 6 Case Study: Bengaluru; Synthesis; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Series List

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-421) and index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9780262329712

0262329719

9780262329705

0262329700

OCLC:

931877997