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Running head: ENVIRONMENTAL THEORIES

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Environmental Theories

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Environmental Theories
1(A) Sharing paradigm/Sharing economy
This is the process where various services are used by different people for specific
purposes. It normally involves online transactions. In these cases, such services can either be
charged or offered free of charge. Some of the advantages associated with it include cheaper
goods and services, extra income for providers among other things. One of the cities that are well
known for sharing economy include Kickstarter, which is popular in crowd funding. This is the
case where people are asked to raise money online with the aim of achieving different goals.
Denver is also other examples. The city provides more than 600 co-working stations for
entrepreneurs. This is to facilitate the sharing of ideas, one of that factors that have greatly
contributed to the innovation and development. In these two cases, sharing paradigm turns out to
be effective in various ways. First, it reduces the cost required for proper to carry out various
tasks. It also a better working environment which facilitates higher productivity. Barriers to
strengthen the paradigm in these two cases include a rapid increase in population, which reduces
the effectiveness of having shared resources. Another barrier is the failure to have enough
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