scholarly journals Sustainable Urban Development: A Review of Urban Sustainability Indicator Frameworks

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (16) ◽  
pp. 9348
Author(s):  
Denis Michalina ◽  
Peter Mederly ◽  
Hans Diefenbacher ◽  
Benjamin Held
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
Urban Sustainability ◽  
Sustainable Urban Development ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainability Indicator ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Key Indicators ◽  
Indicator Frameworks

The issue of urban sustainability is currently exceptionally up to date, and the sustainable development of cities has become an important topic on the political level. Many cities in the world are facing acute challenges concerning growing dangers to the environment and ensuring quality of life for their inhabitants. In connection with cities achieving their individual goals of sustainable development, urban sustainability indicator frameworks (USIFs) are becoming the subjects of attention. Such frameworks enable sustainability to be clearly measured and assessed. In this article, we analysed selected global and European USIFs in terms of their commonalities and differences, sustainability dimensions, thematic categories, and categorised indicators. Based on the analysis of the content of the reviewed frameworks, we compiled a list of generally recognised thematic categories within the four main dimensions of sustainable development, and we identified the key indicators of urban sustainability. Our review showed differences in the existing approaches that substantially contributed to the current inconsistencies in assessing and measuring sustainable development in cities. Our results provide an overview of this issue, e.g., to decision makers, and could concurrently serve as a generally applicable foundation for the creation of new urban sustainability indicator frameworks. We also point out the current trends and challenges in the domain of urban sustainability assessment.

Urboecology Problems in Building the Quality Index of the Urban Environment and its Use for Assessing the Sustainable Development of Cities

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 67-71
Author(s):  
D.M. Suvorov ◽  
L.A. Suvorova ◽  
T.V. Baybakova
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Urban Environment ◽  
Quality Index ◽  
Sustainable Urban Development ◽  
Environmental Characteristics ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Ecological Development ◽  
Dynamic Quality

The analysis of domestic and foreign sources on the methodology of construction and use of integral indices of quality of the urban environment and sustainable urban development was carried out. It is shown that these indices can be represented as urban-ecological in a broad sense. A method developed by the authors for the formation of a dynamic quality index of the urban environment, which allows the dynamics of the index and its components to evaluate both the quality of the urban environment and the direction of its change, is presented. Using the example of Kirov, the environmental characteristics of the urban environment, taken into account when calculating the index, and the problems of their measurement and presentation are described in detail. The prospects of the developed methodology for solving problems of urban ecological development are shown.

Indicators of Sustainable Development of the Province of Warmia and Mazury in the Environmental Aspect

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 299-309
Author(s):  
Mirosława Witkowska-Dąbrowska
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Data Bank ◽  
Local Data ◽  
Indicator Method ◽  
Environmental Aspect ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Assessment Indicator ◽  
Area Unit

The purpose of this study has been to identify the degree of sustainability in the development of the Province of Warmia and Mazury. The theoretical and empirical investigations were conducted between 2003-2014 based on data from the Local Data Bank. Using a comparative indicator method, 20 indicators were developed, with different directions of preference. The evaluation involves the concept of uniform preference, hence the higher the assessment indicator, the better the situation in the evaluated area unit. Our studies on the sustainable development of the Province of Warmia and Mazury suggest that the indicators measuring the environmental dimension and consequently the quality of life of the residents (in this aspect) score higher than the country's average values. It is also optimistic that some progress, however small, can be seen in this area based on the analyzed dynamics of changes.

scholarly journals Technologies for Water Reuse: Current Status and Future Challenges

Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 832
Author(s):  
Mauro Capocelli ◽  
Vincenzo Piemonte
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Water Reuse ◽  
Food Production ◽  
Current Status ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Future Challenges

Water is fundamental for the quality of both ecosystems and society, and plays a key role for energy and food production, a prerequisite for the sustainable development [...]

scholarly journals Elderly Suitability of Park Recreational Space Layout Based on Visual Landscape Evaluation

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 6443
Author(s):  
Weiyi Yu ◽  
Hong Hu ◽  
Bindong Sun
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Reference Method ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Urban Society ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Sustainable Urban Development ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Jiangxi Province ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Visual Landscape

Urban parks are critical for sustainable urban development. They are of theoretical and practical significance for analyzing the visual landscape of recreational spaces from the perspective of the elderly. This analysis can be used for exploring new methods for optimizing recreational space layouts to improve the physical and mental health of the elderly in parks, thus realizing the sustainable development of urban society. Taking Ziyang Park in Shangrao Central District of Jiangxi Province, China, as an example, starting from the visual characteristics of the elderly, this study quantitatively calculated the landscape viewability, total view ratio, and water view ratio for the elderly in each recreational space using Python Scripting for ArcGIS. We briefly express the elderly suitability of the visual landscape for each recreational space through a weighted synthesis of the calculation results. Our findings show that, in Ziyang Park, the elderly suitability of the visual landscape for recreational spaces is not only low overall, but also gradually decreases from the interior to the exterior of this park. Moreover, this spatial distribution may be caused by the location of zoning, surface elevation, and road slopes, as well as the individual characteristics of each recreational space. Finally, we discuss the requirements of the elderly for some geographical factors, along with the feasibility of using ArcGIS 3-D analysis to optimize the layout of the park recreational space, with the aim of providing a new research perspective and an effective reference method for designing layouts of such spaces that are favorable for the elderly to better guarantee the sustainable development of urban society.

Ensuring Sustainable Development of Economic Agents by Methods of Quality Management in the Era of Digitalization

2021 ◽  
pp. 81-100
Author(s):  
Vladimir V. Okrepilov ◽  
Alexander V. Babkin ◽  
Natalia V. Zlobina ◽  
Svetlana N. Kuzmina ◽  
Tatiana A. Salimova
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Quality Management ◽  
National Economy ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Corporate Management ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Global Trends ◽  
Economic Agents ◽  
The Impact

The article examines the objectively existing in modern conditions of economic agents' activity the need to introduce and apply approaches based on the use of quality management methods in internal corporate management. The authors noted that one of the global trends of the XXI century. Is the structural transformation of the world economy associated with the active development and implementation of information and telecommunication (digital) technologies in the real economic processes of both society and business. The authors assess the approach widespread in Russia based on quality management methods in the formation of control systems for the activities of economic agents of the national economy in the context of digital transformation in order to ensure their sustainable development; the analysis of the formation of promising directions for the development of communities, declared by UNESCO, in conditions of instability, complexity and uncertainty was carried out; the toolkit for digitalization of quality management of the education system is considered, in particular, the use of project-based learning to improve the quality of knowledge obtained and assess the impact on the sustainable development of universities, the education sector in general and economic agents of the national economy, taking into account digitalization and global risks. The authors see further areas of research in modeling risks and assessing their impact on ensuring sustainable development of economic agents, socio-economic processes of the national economy and society as a whole by quality management methods in the context of digitalization of the economy.

scholarly journals Relationship between tourism and Sustainable Development Goals in Africa: Circular Economy as a future bet

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
José Miguel Rodríguez-Antón
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Tourist Destination ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
2030 Agenda ◽  
Peace And Justice ◽  
Development Goals

No one has the slightest doubt about the enormous potential that the African continent has as a tourist destination. The diversity of cultures, the great biodiversity that it possesses, the multiple artistic manifestations that it offers and the beauty of the seas that surround it are key pieces in continuing to promote its capacity as a tourist attraction, which is approximately 60 million tourists per year who generate seven percent of exports and employment. However, in order for Africa to take off, it is necessary that a number of conditions related to security, health, education, eradication of poverty, reduction of inequalities, peace and justice and quality of its waters, among others, are intimately related to the Sustainable Development Goals defined in the 2030 Agenda. In this context, we maintain that the implementation of the Circular Economy in Africa will be a key tool in this process of improving the sustainability of this continent in its three aspects, economic, social and environmental, and raising its level of tourism competitiveness.

scholarly journals PROPOSAL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN URBAN SUSTAINABILITY INDICATOR FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF UMUARAMA/PR

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Solano Ribeiro Soares ◽  
Samuel Ronobo Soares ◽  
Máriam Trierveiler Pereira
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Public Management ◽  
Current Model ◽  
Statistical Treatment ◽  
Urban Sustainability ◽  
Sustainability Indicator ◽  
Current State ◽  
Local Sustainability ◽  
Man And Nature ◽  
The Relationship

The current model for society’s development, based on the unconscious use of natural resources, points to signs of exhaustion, requiring a reflection in order to formulate strategies that overcome the challenge of coexistence between the relationship between man and nature. The use of tools such as sustainable indicators has been shown to be effective in the identification and understanding of socio-environmental phenomena and in the subsequent decision making by public management, assisting in the resolution of problems, and consequently, acting as a resource for sustainable development. This study aims to propose the development of an urban sustainability indicator for the municipality of Umuarama, in the state of Paraná, Brazil. In order to build the indicator, data from different aspects linked to Sach’s sustainability model are to be collected, and later put into statistical treatment to standardize it and make its comparison possible, resulting in its index, which is expected to analyze the current state of the local sustainability and sustainable development.

scholarly journals Sustainable development of education: a home bank of management decisions of the university in ensuring the minimum requirements of legislation

2020 ◽  
Vol 208 ◽  
pp. 09007
Author(s):  
Natalya Mikhaylova ◽  
Sergey Verkhoturov
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Organizational Behavior ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
University Management ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Minimum Requirements ◽  
Balanced Model ◽  
Automated Tools ◽  
The University

The article discusses the issues of building a university management model focused on meeting the minimum accreditation requirements and legislative requirements in the field of higher education, ensuring the sustainable development of education. In the context of global informatization of the society, the information technologies are being introduced into the various fields of activity. The university management system did not stand aside. The authors propose the use of gamification technology through the automated tools that provide processing and analysis of big data, diagnostics of the quality of downloaded information. Gamification allows the target users to complete the assigned tasks subject to the certain rules and restrictions, which makes the process of performing them similar to a game. It simultaneously contributes to the development of the personnel, the creation of a process of rivalry, motivation and social interaction. Gamification allows the head of an educational organization to build a balanced model of organizational behavior, taking into account the model of behavior of the performers, to ensure the division of administrative and academic spheres of management. These aspects are important elements in the system of the sustainable development of education.

Organic Food Production and Consumption Policies and Strategies

2020 ◽  
pp. 166-179
Author(s):  
José G. Vargas-Hernández
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Organic Food ◽  
Healthy Food ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
Production Distribution ◽  
Organic Products ◽  
Main Factors

This chapter aims to analyze the main factors of the production and consumption of organic products, as well as their policies and strategies. The analysis is based on the premise of the sustainable development of the production, distribution, and consumption systems of organic products that have the potential to improve the quality of life levels of producers, consumers, and society. It is concluded that the production and consumption of organic food is based on a more favorable agriculture of the ecological and the environment, as well as by providing more nutritious and healthy food for consumption.

scholarly journals Neonatal Mortality and Maternal/Child Health Care in Nigeria: An Impact Analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (7) ◽  
pp. 1299-1306
Author(s):  
F. Ewere ◽  
D.O. Eke
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Neonatal Mortality ◽  
Odds Ratio ◽  
P Value ◽  
Child Health Care ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Maternal Child

Reducing the rate of mortality in neonates to as low as 12 per 1,000 live births is one of the clearly spelt out aims of the third tenet of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) because of its importance to the dynamics of population. While there have been various studies focused majorly on the causes, rates and determinants of neonatal mortality in Nigeria, studies on the impact of maternal/child care characteristics on neonatal mortalityand the potential implication of failing to attain the SDG target for neonatal mortality have seemingly been neglected. In this study, we undertake an analysis of the impact of maternal / child care characteristics on neonatal mortality using the logistic regression model. Results from the study showed that antenatal care (P-value = 0.000, odds ratio = 0.546 for women who visited the hospital during pregnancy on more than 5 occasions), post natal care (P-value = 0.004, odds ratio = 0.402 for women who received early neonatal care from skilled medical personnel), place ofdelivery (P-value = 0.000, odds ratio = 0.592 for babies that were delivered in a government hospital) and skill of birth attendant (P-value = 0.000, odds ratio = 0.706 for babies who were delivered by trained doctors/nurses/midwives) had significant impact on neonatal mortality at the 95% confidence level implying that improved maternal health care: before, during and immediately after delivery as well as the quality of care to motherand child are both important and necessary to the reduction of neonatal mortality in Nigeria. To achieve the sustainable development target for neonatal mortality, it is therefore recommended that stake holders in the public health sector improve the quality of existing health care facilities and access to quality services. Keywords: Neonatal mortality, logistic regression, maternal care, child health care, Nigeria

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