Implementing Sustainable Cities

Implementing Sustainable Cities

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).

CONTENT

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 Japan’s 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 Barcelona’s 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

About the editors

Sylvie Albert is a Professor of Leadership and Strategy, and a past Dean of the Faculty of Business and Economics and Continuing Education, at the University of Winnipeg, Canada.

Jeremy Millard is an independent researcher affiliated to the Danish Technological Institute as a Senior Analyst and to several European universities as a Senior Visiting Research Fellow.

Manish Pandey is a Professor of Economics, and the Acting Dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies, at the University of Winnipeg, Canada.