GI_Forum 2019, Volume 7, Issue 2 Journal for Geographic Information Science
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BANK AUSTRIA CREDITANSTALT, WIEN (IBAN AT04 1100 0006 2280 0100, BIC BKAUATWW), DEUTSCHE BANK MÜNCHEN (IBAN DE16 7007 0024 0238 8270 00, BIC DEUTDEDBMUC)
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GI_Forum 2019, Volume 7, Issue 2 Journal for Geographic Information Science
ISSN 2308-1708 Online Edition ISBN 978-3-7001-8669-4 Online Edition
Sabine Hennig
S. 24 - 33 doi:10.1553/giscience2019_02_s24 Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften doi:10.1553/giscience2019_02_s24
Abstract: Web-based participation has received growing interest over recent years. Such participation includes both profit- and non-profit-oriented sharing-economy initiatives. Not-for-profit sharing-economy initiatives focus less on economic aspects and more on awareness-raising in society regarding sustainability objectives (e.g. sustainable production and consumption of goods). In the current discussions around climate change and sustainable lifestyles, awareness-raising is important and new ways of reaching the public are attracting more interest. The question now is not simply to what extent non-profit sharing-initiatives achieve their goals, but how to assess any achievement as, due to the nature of these projects, little information on the participants’ background, perspectives and behaviour is available. These questions are discussed with reference to the Mundraub project, which allows people to share information on plants (e.g. fruit and nut trees, berry bushes and herbs) in public urban spaces (primarily German cities) so that others can harvest the plants for free. To learn about how sustainability objectives are achieved, data for the sites where the plants that have been mapped to Mundraub are located were analysed statistically. The results indicate that the people who are reached by the Mundraub project are mostly those who are already interested and aware of sustainability-related topics. The assessment approach used is a first attempt towards a better understanding of the extent to which the sustainability objectives of non-profit sharing-economy activities have been reached and towards identifying how the achievement of objectives might be improved on. Keywords: sharing economy, non-profit sharing-activities, sustainability, participation, food Published Online: 2019/12/11 13:15:23 Object Identifier: 0xc1aa5576 0x003b172e Rights:https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/
GI_Forum publishes high quality original research across the transdisciplinary field of Geographic Information Science (GIScience). The journal provides a platform for dialogue among GI-Scientists and educators, technologists and critical thinkers in an ongoing effort to advance the field and ultimately contribute to the creation of an informed GISociety. Submissions concentrate on innovation in education, science, methodology and technologies in the spatial domain and their role towards a more just, ethical and sustainable science and society. GI_Forum implements the policy of open access publication after a double-blind peer review process through a highly international team of seasoned scientists for quality assurance. Special emphasis is put on actively supporting young scientists through formative reviews of their submissions. Only English language contributions are published.
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Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
A-1011 Wien, Dr. Ignaz Seipel-Platz 2
Tel. +43-1-515 81/DW 3420, Fax +43-1-515 81/DW 3400 https://verlag.oeaw.ac.at, e-mail: verlag@oeaw.ac.at |