Community-based economics or community economics is an economic
system that encourages local initiative and self-organization as eco-village communities or
cohousing experience in city. It is also a topic in the urban economy, linked to the ethical
purchase and local purchase, which aims to encourage local producers in the social and
solidarity network. An example is the groups of solidary purchases where family groups organize
their purchases (food or other goods and services) directly with local producers. In this way, they
expand the social economy and solidarity circuit.
