Open AccessQuantifying the sharing economy: An approach for measuring the ecological, social, and economic effects
Author(s) -
Dominika Wruk,
Achim Oberg,
Marina Friedrich-Schieback
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
gaia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.563
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2625-5413
pISSN - 0940-5550
DOI - 10.14512/gaia.28.s1.3
Subject(s) - sharing economy , valuation (finance) , economics , economic system , sustainable development , process (computing) , social economy , business , economy , ecology , market economy , political science , computer science , finance , law , biology , operating system
The sharing economy is often considered either the most promising “pathway to a sustainable market economy” or, conversely, a “hyper-capitalistic” exploitation of natural and social resources. Such contrasting images can influence the societal valuation of sharing economy models, thereby misleading or hindering processes of transformation. Approaches toward quantifying the sharing economy have the potential for enriching societal knowledge and, in the process, fuelling societal transformation as the ecological, social, and economic effects of such developments as carsharing become apparent.