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Description
This paper is based on a compilation of findings emerging from a series of workshops conducted in Oslo’s city region and explores the conceptual framing of ‘resharing’ through residents’ and practitioners’ framing of future sharing practices, needs for material and physical access and imageries for sustainable consumption of this city region. We define ‘resharing as a set of practices where spatial- and mobility-sharing practices are integrated and a vital part of the neighbourhood. To specify, data presented in this study was gathered from four workshops conducted in 2023, three of which were conducted with the residents, while one was undertaken with the mobility providers, transportation departments and representatives of local NGOs of Oslo city region. Additionally, we have also analysed data from one of the ongoing shared living cooperative housing experiments being run by OBOS, one of the biggest cooperative developers of the Oslo region. What emerges is a consistent picture of the gaps present at the very core of the region’s strategies for sustainable consumption. Shared solutions, as a sub-set of sustainable consumption, is being discussed in narrow terms and remains disjointed from the mainstream agendas in urban and transport planning. Resultantly, spatial and mobility strategies remain separate domains. Findings reveal that residents’ preferences for ‘bounded sharing’, ‘car-free living’, ‘trust’, ‘clear guidelines for sharing practices’ etc. are still not mainstream elements of strategies targeting sustainable consumption. We build on the theoretical foundations provided by literature available on sustainable consumption, sharing (as one of the pillars of the circular approaches to cities/neighborhoods) and Social Practice Theory, and we compare our findings to the essence of the literature review. The paper concludes by proposing a set of strategies for urban resharing which need to be integrated in the place making strategies of Oslo’s city region. A few of these include – (i) demarcation of units or areas for sharing and formation of core sharing groups (ii) clear guidelines on how to gain and control access to these core sharing groups for separate residential blocks, areas etc. (iii) delineation of responsibilities for maintenance of shared spaces and shared mobility modes (iv) modalities to access via both digital and non-digital interfaces (v) easy availability of information on the different aspects of resharing (vi) role that the state can play in carving out affordable strategies for the residents, which are also profitable for the sharing providers.
References
Di Marino M., Chavoshi H & Priya Uteng T. (2024). Resharing spaces, services and mobility: Developing a reshareability index for sustainable planning in Oslo. Land Use Policy, 142, 107196, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107196
Di Marino M., Priya Uteng T. & Chavoshi H., Standal A. K. ‘Reshared’ neighborhoods: the key to bringing circular principles to urban neighborhoods? The case of Oslo forthcoming
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Williams J. (2021). Circular Cities: What Are the Benefits of Circular Development? Sustainability, (13)10: 5725
| Keywords | shared mobility; shared space; sustainable consumption; sustainable densification; circular neighborhoods |
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| Best Congress Paper Award | Yes |
