Yuliya Voytenko Palgan
Senior lecturer
Urban sharing in Seoul
Author
Summary, in English
“Urban Sharing in Seoul” explores the landscape of the sharing economy in the city context and is a result of a Mobile Research Lab conducted by five researchers from Lund University in 2022.
The focus is on three sectors: space sharing, mobility sharing, and sharing of household goods. For each sector, drivers and barriers to the sharing economy are explored, associated sustainability impacts and impacts on incumbent sectors are discussed, and the institutional context is analysed. Furthermore, the role of the Seoul Metropolitan Government in engaging with the sharing economy and specific governance mechanisms employed are described.
We find that Seoul’s sharing economy, manifested by the Sharing City Seoul programme, is a successful undertaking by the Seoul Metropolitan Government that has contributed to implementing more than 140 sharing projects and raised Seoulites’ awareness about sharing. The city already embraced the concept in 2012 and has developed a long-term plan for its implementation. However, the SCS is just one part of Seoul’s sharing economy, the bulk of which is driven by large companies and conglomerates, just like in many global cities.
The focus is on three sectors: space sharing, mobility sharing, and sharing of household goods. For each sector, drivers and barriers to the sharing economy are explored, associated sustainability impacts and impacts on incumbent sectors are discussed, and the institutional context is analysed. Furthermore, the role of the Seoul Metropolitan Government in engaging with the sharing economy and specific governance mechanisms employed are described.
We find that Seoul’s sharing economy, manifested by the Sharing City Seoul programme, is a successful undertaking by the Seoul Metropolitan Government that has contributed to implementing more than 140 sharing projects and raised Seoulites’ awareness about sharing. The city already embraced the concept in 2012 and has developed a long-term plan for its implementation. However, the SCS is just one part of Seoul’s sharing economy, the bulk of which is driven by large companies and conglomerates, just like in many global cities.
Department/s
- The International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics
Publishing year
2023-06
Language
English
Publication/Series
Urban Sharing
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Document type
Report
Publisher
Lund University
Topic
- Human Geography
Keywords
- urban sharing
- sharing economy
- mobility sharing
- space sharing
- sharing of physical goods
- Business models
- Sustainability
- Government
Status
Published
Project
- Urban Sharing: Sustainability and Institutionalisation Pathways
Report number
5
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISBN: 978-91-8039-747-6
- ISBN: 978-91-8039-748-3