The SDSN Italia SDGs City Index Two Years Later: Update Report

Cavalli, Laura; Farnia, Luca; Lizzi, Giulia; Romani, Ilenia G.; Alibegovic, Mia; Vergalli, Sergio

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“…Another research [9] has analysed sustainability on a local level (Romanian metropolitan area) by measuring 16 SDGs. In recent years, various reports have been published on the SDG assessment of municipalities or cities in Europe [10], the USA [11], Spain [12], Italy [13], Brazil [14], Bolivia [15] etc. A work [16] has reviewed the prospect of localizing the SDGs from urban resilience strategies of the 100 Resilient Cities (100RC) network and Cape Town.…”

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“…The top 10 cities that have outperformed their state in a speci c SDG would be Patna (SDG 4, 13), Ranchi (2,13), Shillong (9), Dhanbad (2), Agartala (5), Kohima (9), Delhi (5), and Bhopal (9). The worse 10 cities that have lesser performance than their state in a speci c SDG would be Kolkata (SDG 8), Kohima (10), Mumbai (8), Dhanbad (8), Shillong (8), Patna (8), Amritsar (13), and Tiruchirappalli (8). However, we think that the inclusion of more representative cities would have been helpful to conclusively understand this outcome.…”

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“…From this, we can interpret that in the case of most of the cities, other regions in their state (especially villages or smaller cities) must have performed better to bring up the average state SDG performance better than these highlighted cities. The top 10 cities that have outperformed their state in a speci c SDG would be Patna (SDG 4, 13), Ranchi (2,13), Shillong (9), Dhanbad (2), Agartala (5), Kohima (9), Delhi (5), and Bhopal (9). The worse 10 cities that have lesser performance than their state in a speci c SDG would be Kolkata (SDG 8), Kohima (10), Mumbai (8), Dhanbad (8), Shillong (8), Patna (8), Amritsar (13), and Tiruchirappalli (8).…”

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Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) index is a recognized metric for measuring progress in the UN SDGs. However, national or multinational-level analyses are more prevalent than sub-national types. We analysed the performance of 14 SDGs for 56 Indian cities (grouped into 6 regions) with available 77 indicators (2020–2021). Pearson’s correlation, hierarchical clustering, data envelopment analysis etc. were used to infer existing status, interactions, efficiency, and interrelationships. Finally, we offer policy suggestions coupled with limitations to mitigate the drawbacks of the Indian city SDG framework. The findings reveal the asynchronous nature of SDGs. 18% of Indian cities register a poor track record of converting environmental performance into socioeconomic prosperity while 55% of cities are lagging in performance than respective states. A significant degree of inequality reigns among cities of various regions towards achieving SDGs. In a race to be economically powerful, the environment is being adversely affected. So, mainstreaming the environment into development planning is urgently warranted.

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“…IR is fed by the normalized data of REDS and aggregates the 17 SDG in an arithmetic mean. The same methodology developed by SDSN in the SDG Index and Dashboard Reports [63][64][65][66][67][68] was implemented to normalize and aggregate the 17 SDG. Consequently, the same weighting factor (1/17) has been applied to each one to define IR i as a normalized index associated to each city i according to Equation (1).…”

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Assessment of the Governance Dimension in the Frame of the 2030 Agenda: Evidence from 100 Spanish Cities

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The 2030 Agenda highlights the importance of governance to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). However, we observe that there is an underestimation of the governance dimension in the SDG indices. The reasons are twofold. Firstly, indices assign a lower weight to governance compared to the other dimensions of sustainability. Secondly, most governance indicators do not measure the relational dynamics that underlie sustainable development policies. The aim of this study is thus to provide alternative methods for a more accurate assessment of the governance dimension in the frame of the 2030 Agenda. With this purpose, we examine the performance of 100 Spanish cities on the SDGs included in the first report elaborated by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network Spain in 2018. Using this data, we first develop a methodology to rebalance the current underestimation of the governance dimension, comparing its impact on the SDG performance of these cities. Secondly, we build a new indicator of ‘Strategic Culture’ to get a more accurate measure of governance in urban contexts. As a result, the study validates the proposed methods and provides evidence that better performance on sustainable development is favored by the implementation of strategic planning processes.

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“…LGs deserve special attention because they play a key role in achieving SDGs (Cavalli et al, 2020; Sánchez de Madariaga et al, 2018, 2020). They are expected to contribute to SDGs using several policy tools, such as traffic and public transportation regulations, urban development plans, procurement policies, and waste collection ordinances (Guarini et al, 2022).…”

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Online sustainable development goals disclosure: A comparative study in Italian and Spanish local governments

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In this study, we performed a comparative analysis to examine the extent to which local governments (LGs) in two Mediterranean countries – Spain and Italy – use their websites to disclose information related to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in response to the launch of the United Nations' (UN) 2030 Agenda. We performed a manual content analysis of the official websites of all Italian and Spanish LGs with more than 100,000 inhabitants, constructing different disclosure indexes. We then used a non‐parametric statistical test to assess differences in disclosure behaviours between countries. Our findings show that the extent to which the investigated LGs disclose SDG‐related information online remains limited. Based on Oliver's (1991) strategic responses framework, we postulate that Italian and Spanish LGs have responded to the launch of the SDGs by adopting compromise and avoidance strategies.

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The SDSN Italia SDGs City Index Two Years Later: Update Report

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Exploration of urban sustainability of India through the lens of sustainable development goals

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Online sustainable development goals disclosure: A comparative study in Italian and Spanish local governments

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