Unpacking SDG target 11.a: What is it about and how to measure its progress?

Berisha, Erblin; Caprioli, Caterina; Cotella, Giancarlo

doi:10.1016/j.cacint.2022.100080

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“…The UN provides a quantitative indicator for this target (11.a.1), which is based on whether a country has a national urban policy or regional development plan or not. This arguably provides an issue regarding oversimplification, as the target is paired with this one simple indicator alone (Berisha et al, 2022). Raising concerns with reducing the planning strategies and approaches of an entire country to one single indicator is perfectly reasonable, although the point in doing so is arguably a pragmatic necessity.…”

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Scale-dependent complexity in administrative units and implications for data-driven decision-making models

Søder

2023

Planning Theory

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Through analysis and discussion of basic systemic properties of a rural municipality, this paper explores how aggregating data in planning and land use modeling can potentially obscure intricate real-world behavior. Complexity theory is applied as a theoretical framework for explaining this hypothesis. Thus, the aim of this study is to address the author’s desire to understand systemic complexity when designing a data-driven decision-making model for rural planning. The novelty of this approach is two-fold: one, most studies on scalability issues in planning addresses spatial complexity, more so than systemic complexity within the complex system that the very act of planning strives to dictate. Two, although delimited to the scope of the study, the accessibility to and use of complete and valid socio-demographic data enables a rarely demonstrated accurate representation of an entire population. It is ultimately observed that on the disaggregated municipal level, systemic dispersion increases parallelly with population size, a correlation that is significantly influenced by gender ratio in any given parish – a characteristic that was not visible at the aggregated municipal level. In addition to advancing the understanding and placement of complexity science within spatial data science, these insights will make it easier to assess the generalizability of any given administrative unit by quantifying basic complexity attributes; in this case based on the correlation dispersion caused by the fragmentation of a municipality into its comprising parishes.

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Scale-dependent complexity in administrative units and implications for data-driven decision-making models

Søder

2023

Planning Theory

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“…For this purpose, relevant indicators need to be developed or identified in other frameworks. For example, Berisha et al (2022) proposed to assess the institutional dimension of urban systems performance concerning Sustainable Development Goal 11 on sustainable cities using procedural indicators that monitor formal cooperation, functional relations and goal-orientated coordination. Such indicators could be relevant to CE, and their applicability for measuring urban circularity could be further explored.…”

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Monitoring progress towards a circular economy in urban areas: An application of the European Union circular economy monitoring framework in Umeå municipality

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Sustainable Cities and Society

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“…On the one hand, Kaika (2017) drew critical attention to the fact that the concepts of “resilience, safety, inclusiveness and sustainability” are undeniably allocated “from those in power to those in need,” in so doing following a rather top‐down approach (Kaika, 2017, p. 98). On the other hand, other authors have highlighted how the implementation of the SDGs is often subjected to a “cherry‐picking” process, finalized to the selective legitimization of existing domestic interests and priorities (Forestier & Kim, 2020) and to the actual fit with “domestic governance structures” and ongoing decentralization patterns (Berisha et al, 2022; Horn & Grugel, 2018). According to Barnett and Parnell, the Urban SDG (SDG 11) is itself “a product of a fluid alliance of interests and organizations that generated a coherent pro‐urban discourse through which to assert the importance of cities in future development policy agendas” (Barnett & Parnell, 2016, p. 89).…”

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Global urban development frameworks landing in Latin America: Insights from Ecuador and Bolivia

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Cotella

2022

Development Policy Review

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Motivation:The global urban development frameworks defined by the United Nations are circulating worldwide and a race towards their domestic adoption has arisen since the approval of the New Urban Agenda and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Their institutionalization at the domestic level is favoured by the rather aseptic "urban paradigm shift" that these documents present. However, the process according to which this happens is subject to path-dependent logics and varies from one context to another. Purpose: Stemming from the policy mobilities literature, the article explores the role that "pasteurized" urban narratives play in the domestic institutionalization of the global urban development frameworks. At the same time, it analyses how domestic institutional configurations have influenced their differential implementation in two Latin American countries. Methods and approach: The article details the cases of the Ecuadorian National Urban Agenda and the Bolivian National Urban Policy, employing a mixed methodology that includes participant observation, consultancy activities, desk-research, and semi-structured interviews. Findings: The analysis findings show that, on the one hand, the "comfortable landscape" offered by the "pasteurized concepts" that comprise the global urban development frameworks served as a "coalition magnet" favouring the building of consensus among stakeholders with rather different positions. On the other hand, however, this may result in a "fast-track institutionalization" that prevents the concrete engagement of local governments in the process, in turn undermining the relevance of the results achieved. Policy implications: Whereas further comparative research on the institutionalization of global urban development frameworks in Latin America and beyond is certainly needed, to further understand the hidden pitfalls of their domestic adoption, the evidence presented may contribute to inform the action of policy-makers and practitioners dealing with their implementation at all levels.

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Unpacking SDG target 11.a: What is it about and how to measure its progress?

Cited by 48 publications

References 45 publications

Scale-dependent complexity in administrative units and implications for data-driven decision-making models

Scale-dependent complexity in administrative units and implications for data-driven decision-making models

Monitoring progress towards a circular economy in urban areas: An application of the European Union circular economy monitoring framework in Umeå municipality

Global urban development frameworks landing in Latin America: Insights from Ecuador and Bolivia

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