Smartening sustainable development in cities: Strengthening the theoretical linkage between smart cities and SDGs

Blasi, Silvia; Ganzaroli, Andrea; Noni, Ivan De

doi:10.1016/j.scs.2022.103793

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“…Moreover, the distribution of incomes and wages is more unequal in high PDI countries than in low PDI countries (Odobasa, 1997), suggesting that sustainable development is associated with more democratic governance, where citizens are more proactively involved in participating forms of governance (Hofstede et al, 2005). Citizen engagement is particularly crucial in pushing policy interventions oriented to environmental protection (Blasi, Ganzaroli, et al, 2022; Blasi, Gobbo, et al, 2022). Moreover, Hofstede (1984) noted that in countries with high PDI it is very frequent to see revolutions rapidly changing the political settings of the country, impeding a constant engagement in environmental and social issues.…”

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“…Furthermore, it is also possible to increase the awareness of the population toward what is considered a sustainable future, using the media, planning educational activities at school, and proposing campaigns for promoting small gestures that everybody can do daily to make the place and the community they live an example of sustainable living. Influencers and other digital information channels, such as the social media accounts of municipalities (Blasi, Ganzaroli, et al, 2022; Blasi, Gobbo, et al, 2022), might help in this direction, sustaining the green transition.…”

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The cultural dimensions of sustainable development: A cross‐country configurational analysis

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Our research emphasizes the need to explore the importance of cross-country cultural differences in shaping sustainable development. We employ the fuzzy set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA) to analyze cross-national data, focusing on the relationship between Hofstede's six cultural dimensions and the sustainable development goals (SDGs) index of 82 countries worldwide. The empirical evidence sustains that the culture influences the modalities through which countries reach sustainable development. We identified four configurations of cultural dimensions associated with high levels of sustainability performance. The analysis informs that there are mainly two possible configurations: the first is characterized by low power distance (PDI) and high individualism, while the second is characterized by high PDI and low individualism. Given the existence of multiple modalities for reaching the same goal, we derive some policy implications to advise policymakers and governments on how to improve the sustainable development of their countries, taking into consideration their cultural characteristics.

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“…e model connects the five subsystems through a composite of information and control loops. e survival system model composed of the five subsystems through interconnection and interaction shows various control laws and conditions that are necessary to support the healthy operation of a complex system [18].…”

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Building a Smart City Planning System Integrating Multidimensional Spatiotemporal Features

Lu¹

2022

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With the development of mobile communication technology and the popularization of mobile devices, the connection between people has become increasingly close, the data circulating between them have increased rapidly, and the multidimensional space-time characteristics have gradually entered the stage of the times. The proposal of the basic smart city system is a revolution in the concept of urban construction. A smart city is both an opportunity and a challenge for the urbanization process. By analyzing the multidimensional spatiotemporal feature engineering, this paper studies the development trend of smart cities and discusses how multidimensional spatiotemporal features play a fundamental role in the smart city system.

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“…In 2000, the UN established the six-millennium goals and in 2015, adopted the 2030 Agenda, with a set of 17 interlinked global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) [17]. This Agenda represents "a plan of action for people, planet and prosperity" and "seeks to strengthen universal peace in larger freedom".…”

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The Sustainable Development Goals index: An analysis (2000-2022)

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2022

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In this international year of basic sciences for sustainable development and the edition of the special issue of challenges for sustainable development in the journal TJES. It is of interest to review how the sustainable development index has evolved according to the global fulfillment of the development goals (SDGs) in the world (2000-2022). It was found that since the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and subsequently the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were proposed, the greatest increase in the index was reported in periods prior to the Covid-19 pandemic. Among the continents, the European continent is positioned with the highest SDGs index values, mainly the countries of Finland, Sweden, and Denmark (≥ 85 points). The continent with the lowest index is Africa (38-70). The values of the index in the years 2019-2022, present the highest positive correlation when comparing its value between the countries of each continent, i.e. COVID-19 period affected the progress of sustainable development. The current state of the indicator reflects that there are still countries in each continent where mechanisms must be generated to evolve in the fulfillment of the objectives set out in the 2030 agenda and thus increase the global index of sustainable development for the post-COVID-19 era.

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Smartening sustainable development in cities: Strengthening the theoretical linkage between smart cities and SDGs

Cited by 142 publications

References 103 publications

The cultural dimensions of sustainable development: A cross‐country configurational analysis

The cultural dimensions of sustainable development: A cross‐country configurational analysis

Building a Smart City Planning System Integrating Multidimensional Spatiotemporal Features

The Sustainable Development Goals index: An analysis (2000-2022)

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