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Kes McCormick

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Sharing Towns : Building success with the sharing economy outside big cities

Author

  • Henric Barkman
  • Charlotte Wedberg
  • Kes Mccormick

Editor

  • Iris Wang
  • Hideaki Ninomiya
  • Benjamin Gussen

Summary, in English

The sharing economy is sometimes described as a big city phenomenon. Among the successful examples of sharing economy, cities such as New York, Amsterdam, Seoul, Bergen, Oslo, and Gothenburg are often highlighted. But the majority of the population of Sweden and many other countries do not live in big cities, but in small towns, medium-sized cities or in a rural area. With a smaller and less densely populated population base, these areas are less interesting for commercial sharing services, and it also considered to be more difficult to create a critical mass for sharing under such conditions.

Department/s

  • The International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics

Publishing year

2021

Language

English

Pages

19-21

Publication/Series

Sharing Cities 2020

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

Springer

Topic

  • Social Sciences Interdisciplinary

Keywords

  • sharing
  • cities
  • sustainability

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 978-981-15-8036-9
  • ISBN: 978-981-15-8037-6