Adapting the Sustainable Development Goals and the New Urban Agenda to the city level: Initial reflections from a comparative research project

Valencia, S. C., Simon, D., Croese, S., Nordqvist, J., Oloko, M., Sharma, T., … Versace, I. (2019). Adapting the Sustainable Development Goals and the New Urban Agenda to the city level: Initial reflections from a comparative research project. International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development, 1–20. doi:10.1080/19463138.2019.1573172

Platform: Global

Publication type: Scientific article (peer-reviewed)

Projects: Implementing the New Urban Agenda and The Sustainable Development Goals: Comparative Urban Perspectives

DOI Title: Adapting the Sustainable Development Goals and the New Urban Agenda to the city level: Initial reflections from a comparative research project

Journal: International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development

ISSN/ISBN: 1946-3138 1946-3146

DOI: 10.1080/19463138.2019.1573172

Author(s): Sandra C. Valencia David Simon Sylvia Croese Joakim Nordqvist Michael Oloko Tarun Sharma Nick Taylor Buck Ileana Versace

Published year: 2019

Subject: Geography, Planning and Development Development Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law Urban Studies

Tags: Sustainable Development Goals New Urban Agenda cities Transdisciplinary research knowledge co-production Urban SDG SDGs SDG 11 Urban rights

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Abstract

The Sustainable Development Goals and the New Urban Agenda recognise the role of cities in achieving sustainable development. However, these agendas were agreed and signed by national governments and thus implementing them at the local level requires a process of adaptation or localisation. In this paper, we analyse five aspects that practitioners and researchers need to consider when localising them: (1) delimitation of the urban boundary; (2) integrated governance; (3) actors; (4) synergies and trade-offs and (5) indicators. These considerations are interrelated, and while not exhaustive, provide an important initial step for reflection on the challenges and opportunities of working with these global agendas at the local level. The paper draws on the inception phase of an international comparative transdisciplinary research project in seven cities on four continents: Buenos Aires (Argentina), Cape Town (South Africa), Gothenburg (Sweden), Kisumu (Kenya), Malmö (Sweden), Sheffield (UK) and Shimla (India).

Adapting the Sustainable Development Goals and the New Urban Agenda to the city level: Initial reflections from a comparative research project

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