Collaborative Consumption is an economic model
based on sharing, swapping, trading, or renting products and services, enabling
access over ownership. Including three distinct systems: 1. Redistribution
markets: Unwanted or underused goods redistributed, 2. Collaborative Lifestyles:
Non-product assets such as space, skills and money are exchanged and traded in
new ways, 3. Product Service Systems: Pay to access the benefit of a product
versus needing to own it outright. A Shareable City enables residents to
efficiently and safely share all kinds of assets – from spaces to cars, skills
and utilities – to create stronger, healthier and more connected communities.
In the United States, 15 mayors signed the Shareable Cities resolution in
summer 2013, declaring their support of the sharing economy.
THE ABC FOR SUSTAINABLE CITIES
UNEP / UN HABITAT / FIDIC / GI-REC
Based on
Rachel Botsman; What’s Mine Is Yours: The Rise of Collaborative Consumption Hardcover – September 14, 2010
