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Question: Developing and testing the Urban Sustainable Development Goal’s targets and indicators – a five-city study

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The campaign for the inclusion of a specifically urban goal within the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) was challenging. Numerous divergent interests were involved, while urban areas worldwide are also extremely heterogeneous. It was essential to minimize the number of targets and indicators while still capturing critical urban dimensions relevant to human development. It was also essential to test the targets and indicators. This paper reports the findings of a unique comparative pilot project involving co-production between researchers and local authority officials in five diverse secondary and intermediate cities: Bangalore (Bengaluru), India; Cape Town, South Africa; Gothenburg, Sweden; Greater Manchester, United Kingdom; and Kisumu, Kenya.

(Source: Sage journals, 09 Apr 2021)

Source Link: https://journals-sagepub-com.onlinedatabase.librarynet.com.my/doi/full/10.1177/0956247815619865