Julie Metta and Shauhrat S. Chopra

City University of Hong Kong

Julie Metta is a PhD candidate at the School of Energy and Environment (SEE), City University of Hong Kong. Her research interests include the circular economy, waste management, and environmental, energy, and resource economics. Shauhrat S. Chopra is an assistant professor at the School of Energy and Environment (SEE), City University of Hong Kong. His research interests include industrial ecology and symbiosis, life cycle assessment for emerging materials and technology, and ecosystem goods and services management.

Articles by Julie Metta and Shauhrat S. Chopra

Economy

A Fair Society or a Fare Society?

Thursday, November 29, 2018

The global economy is currently organized in an environmentally damaging way: goods are produced, used, and discarded. The shared economy and the platform economy offer alternatives, but not solutions. The key to a more sustainable economy could lie in the combination of the two.