TY - JOUR

T1 - Sharing Economy

T2 - A Potential New Pathway to Sustainability

AU - Heinrichs, Harald

PY - 2013/12/17

Y1 - 2013/12/17

N2 - Despite the success of some environmental and sustainability initiatives and measures in policy-making, business and society, overall trends follow an unsustainable path. Especially in the field of production and consumption of goods and services, environmental sustainability and social equality remain critical challenges. Therefore new approaches are needed alongside existing strategies and policy instruments. The "sharing economy" has the potential to provide a new pathway to sustainability - and transdisciplinary sustainability science has the opportunity to co-shape and accompany this pathway.

AB - Despite the success of some environmental and sustainability initiatives and measures in policy-making, business and society, overall trends follow an unsustainable path. Especially in the field of production and consumption of goods and services, environmental sustainability and social equality remain critical challenges. Therefore new approaches are needed alongside existing strategies and policy instruments. The "sharing economy" has the potential to provide a new pathway to sustainability - and transdisciplinary sustainability science has the opportunity to co-shape and accompany this pathway.

KW - Sustainability Science

KW - Collaborative consumption

KW - Inter- and transdisciplinarity

KW - Sharing economy

KW - Sustainability science

KW - Sustainability transformation

KW - Sustainable development

KW - Law

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84890720926&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/597f7212-7d9b-3be5-aa73-aab8f2489b68/

U2 - 10.14512/gaia.22.4.5

DO - 10.14512/gaia.22.4.5

M3 - Scientific review articles

VL - 22

SP - 228

EP - 231

JO - GAIA

JF - GAIA

SN - 0940-5550

IS - 4

ER -