This edited volume brings together international authors to explore how cities around the world are implementing their commitment towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
To achieve sustainability, cities choose their own goals and develop the necessary governance and resourcing mechanisms to achieve their objectives. This book highlights the innovative ways cities can plan their implementation by drawing on comprehensive research and literature reviews. Case studies from around the world, including North and South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa, describe examples of various cities governance mechanisms, resourcing strategies, and implementation strategies. By showcasing these case studies, cities worldwide can emulate, transform, and execute their own vision drawing on the examples and pathways laid out by their peers. The book concludes with a comparative analysis of UN SDG implementation, contrasting the approaches and enabling communities worldwide to learn from one another and choose strategies that meet their local needs.
This book will be of great interest to students, researchers, and professionals of urban sustainability, planning, smart cities, and sustainable communities. It will also be useful for city and government stakeholders including policy makers, economic development corporations, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs).
Foreword
David Miller
1 Introduction
Sylvie Albert, Jeremy Millard and Manish Pandey
2 City governance and resourcing
Jeremy Millard
3 UN Voluntary Local Reviews by cities
Sylvie Albert and Manish Pandey
4 Mexico City, Mexico
Diana Alarcón and Rocio Canudas
5 Measure, mobilize, connect: Los Angeles and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
Madeline Baer and Heidi Nichols Haddad
6 Sustainable welfare and development in Gladsaxe
Line Vind
7 Navigating sustainability in Shah Alam
Kamalia Azma Kamaruddin and Annie Syazrin Ismail
8 Japans Minamata: challenges and innovations in Sustainable Development Goal implementation and sustainability beyond borders
Lynn Thiesmeyer
9 The City of Malmö: "a star in the sustainability sky"
Emma Björner, Ingrid Andersson and Sylviane Toporkoff
10 Cape Town: using the Sustainable Development Goals to unlock development potential
Marc Watum
11 A grassroots approach to understanding Sustainable Development Goals for a Voluntary Local Review in Kelowna
Kusum Wijesekera, Sara Muir and Danielle Noble-Brandt
12 Barcelonas approach to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
Chiara Farinea and Fruzsina Csala
13 The European support and coordination for Sustainable Development Goal Voluntary Local Reviews
Alice Siragusa, Cecilia Bertozzi, Paola Proietti and Iraklis Stamos
14 Conclusions and practice lessons
Sylvie Albert, Jeremy Millard and Manish Pandey
