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Book The Territorial Dimension in the Framework of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development  A Methodological Guide for Strategic Planning in a Territory

Download or read book The Territorial Dimension in the Framework of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development A Methodological Guide for Strategic Planning in a Territory written by NU. CEPAL. and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this document is to make available a methodological guide to the territory's actors in order to promote reflection on development practices in the field, taking the subnational level as the unit of analysis. That could be a municipality, an intermunicipal area, or a cross-border area, among others. This proposal offers a minimum of content and methodology that can be maximized by reading other texts suggested in the bibliography.

Book Chapter The territorialisation of the 2030 Agenda  a multilevel approach

Download or read book Chapter The territorialisation of the 2030 Agenda a multilevel approach written by Raffaele Attanasio and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United Nations 2030 Agenda increasingly represents a reference point for political planning, as demonstrated by the centrality of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the new cycle of EU policies. According to the European Committee of the Regions, 65% of the Agenda's objectives will not be achieved without the involvement and coordination of subnational governments. It is therefore necessary for the territories to adapt their programmatic tools in order to make them coherent with European and national programming, through the definition of a methodology capable of conforming the tools of local programming with those defined at the higher territorial levels. The aim of this paper is to present the methodological framework defined by the Italian Alliance for Sustainable Development (ASviS), based on the numerous experiences with local administrations, to support the implementation of multilevel sustainable local development strategies which make territorial planning consistent with the national and the European programming. The basis for correct multilevel programming provides for a mapping of the local context with respect to the 17 SDGs also through the calculation of composite indices, capable not only of summarizing the degree of sustainability of the individual territories for each Goal, but also of comparing the performance between the different realities belonging to higher or lower levels. Based on these results, the public and private stakeholders are involved in identifying quantitative “outcome” objectives, needed to define the commitments of the territories and to monitor the impact of policies with respect to the achievement of the SDGs.

Book A Territorial Approach to the Sustainable Development Goals

Download or read book A Territorial Approach to the Sustainable Development Goals written by OECD and published by Org. for Economic Cooperation & Development. This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the face of megatrends such as globalisation, climate and demographic change, digitalisation and urbanisation, many cities and regions are grappling with critical challenges to preserve social inclusion, foster economic growth and transition to the low carbon economy. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set the global agenda for the coming decade to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. A Territorial Approach to the Sustainable Development Goals argues that cities and regions play a critical role in this paradigm shift and need to embrace the full potential of the SDGs as a policy tool to improve people's lives. The report estimates that at least 105 of the 169 SDG targets will not be reached without proper engagement of sub-national governments. It analyses how cities and regions are increasingly using the SDGs to design and implement their strategies, policies and plans; promote synergies across sectoral domains; and engage stakeholders in policy making. The report proposes an OECD localised indicator framework that measures the distance towards the SDGs for more than 600 regions and 600 cities in OECD and partner countries. The report concludes with a Checklist for Public Action to help policy makers implement a territorial approach to the SDGs.

Book Global State of National Urban Policy 2021 Achieving Sustainable Development Goals and Delivering Climate Action

Download or read book Global State of National Urban Policy 2021 Achieving Sustainable Development Goals and Delivering Climate Action written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2021-06-25 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: National Urban Policy (NUP) is a key instrument to achieve sustainable urban development in a shared responsibility across countries, regions and cities. The scale and urgency of the current urban challenges has given prominence to NUPs. The COVID-19 crisis has amplified the potential of NUPs in shaping more resilient, green and inclusive cities as part of countries recovery packages.

Book Territorial Impact Assessment

Download or read book Territorial Impact Assessment written by Eduardo Medeiros and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-11-19 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a comprehensive debate and analysis of existing Territorial Impact Assessment (TIA) methodologies, designed under the auspices of the ESPON programme since the mid-2000s. This is intended to serve as a TIA handbook for the reader, to better understand the main differences, advantages and shortcomings of each presented TIA methodology. It also serves as a manual for professors and students in the field of policy evaluation, and territorial analysis, as it presents concrete examples of the implementation of each TIA methodology, their formulas and intrinsic evaluation elements. The purpose of policy evaluation methodologies is to check the main effects of private and public investments, in order to report back to policymakers and citizens on their efficiency and effectiveness. Over the past decades, both in Europe and worldwide, there has been an increasingly awareness of the need to implement/reinforce policy evaluation practices, at all territorial levels. At the same time, it has become widely accepted that many policy interventions produce impacts in more than one dimensions of territorial development. In this context, the use of a holistic and territorial approach for policy impact assessment evaluation has rapidly been adopted by the European Commission as a mainstream policy evaluation procedure.

Book Regional Indicators for the Sustainable Development Goals

Download or read book Regional Indicators for the Sustainable Development Goals written by Alice Siragusa and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (United Nations 2015) (hereafter 2030 Agenda) and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are built as a global framework but call for action by all levels of government: from national to sub-national governments and local administrations. The 2030 Agenda is considered as part of a global effort to achieve sustainability (via goals and targets) in all countries. However, the 2030 Agenda also encourages each territory to develop its own path towards sustainable development based on its own context, potential and resources. Indeed, the territorial dimension and adaptation to the local scale are ground-breaking characteristics of the 2030 Agenda. Since the initial phases of definition of the 2030 Agenda, both the United Nations and the European institutions have emphasized that the Agenda needs to be implemented and monitored at the territorial levels closer to citizens (inter alia United Nations Development Programme and UN-Habitat 2015; European Commission 2016). At the global level, the 17 SDGs and 169 targets are monitored and reviewed using a set of global indicators (Global Indicator Framework for the SDGs). The Global Indicator Framework has been developed by the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on SDG Indicators (IAEG-SDGs) and agreed upon at the 48th session of the United Nations Statistical Commission held in March 2017. The follow-up and review process are informed by an annual SDG Progress Report prepared by the UN Secretary-General (United Nations 2016; 2017; 2018; 2019; 2020). The 2030 Agenda implementation mechanism provides tools to monitor the progress of countries towards the SDGs and several specific activities supporting countries in reporting their progress. Already after one year from the approval of the Agenda, a few local authorities around the world started to also measure their progress towards the SDGs. Most of these frontrunners adapted the type of document designed for member states (Voluntary National Reviews - VNRs) and published the first-generation Voluntary Local Reviews (VLRs). The VLRs have proved to be fundamental instruments to monitor progress and sustain the transformative and inclusive action of local actors towards the achievement of the SDGs and competitive sustainability. To support these first experiences, the Joint Research Centre (JRC) and other European institutions have developed a wide range of initiatives for the "localization of SDGs" that aim at bringing the 2030 Agenda to the local level. Among those, in February 2020, the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission published the European Handbook for SDG Voluntary Local Reviews (hereafter European Handbook) (Siragusa et al. 2020) to provide local authorities with a practical guide to select SDG indicators and measure their progress. This report aims at contributing to the potential adaptation of the Joint Research Centre's URBAN2030 Project and its Handbook to a sub-national-regional scale. While most of the efforts of international organisations have focused mostly on supporting cities (inter alia Siragusa et al. 2020; Ciambra 2021; UCLG Community of Practice on VLRs and UN-Habitat 2020; Fox and Macleod 2019; ESCAP 2020), few knowledge and technical support have been provided to European regions willing to measure their progress towards the SDGs (inter alia OECD 2020; Hidalgo Simón 2021; Widuto 2020). This report aims at filling this technical gap, starting from what has been used until now and checking its coherence with the implementation of SDGs in a regional context The final objective is to create a knowledge base that can be used as a reference for regional governments to help them develop their SDG Voluntary Subnational Reviews, and to also recommend the use of harmonized indicators. Starting from case studies, the report provides examples and recommendations for the measurement of SDGs with a proper set of indicators for European regions.

Book Sustainable Development Goals Connectivity Dilemma

Download or read book Sustainable Development Goals Connectivity Dilemma written by Abbas Rajabifard and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2019-08-05 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Open Access version of this book, available at https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429290626, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license. Large-scale migration from rural to urban areas, and between countries, affects sustainable development at local, national, and regional levels. To strengthen urban and rural resilience to global challenges, Sustainable Development Goals Connectivity Dilemma: Land and Geospatial Information for Urban and Rural Resilience, brings together leading international geospatial experts to analyze the role of land and geospatial data infrastructures and services for achieving the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). While the goals outlined in the 2030 Agenda have been longstanding aspirations worldwide, the complexity and connectivity between social, economic, environmental, and governance challenges are changing with large-scale urbanization and population growth. Structured in 5 parts, the themes and objectives of the book are in line with the critical challenges, gaps, and opportunities raised at all UN-GGIM events and UN-GGIM Academic Network forums. Through the different perspectives of scholars, industry actors, and policy-makers, this book provides interdisciplinary analysis and multisectoral expertise on the interconnection between the SDGs, geospatial information, and urban and rural resilience. Sustainable Development Goals Connectivity Dilemma: Land and Geospatial Information for Urban and Rural Resilience is an essential reference for researchers, industry professionals, and postgraduate students in fields such as geomatics, land administration, urban planning, GIS, and sustainable development. It will also prove a vital resource for environmental protection specialists, government practitioners, UN-GGIM delegates, and geospatial and land administration agencies. Features: Introduces a holistic and new approach to sustainable development Brings together social, economic, and environmental dimensions of sustainability Highlights the significance and the role of geospatial information in sustainable development Examines urban and rural interdependencies in the context of strengthening resilience Written by experts with diverse academic and professional backgrounds who examine connectivity and develop strategic pathways

Book Strategies for Shaping Territorial Competitiveness

Download or read book Strategies for Shaping Territorial Competitiveness written by Jesús M. Valdaliso and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-04-10 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the main challenges that cities, regions and other territories at sub-national level face when it comes to designing and implementing a territorial strategy for economic development and competitiveness. There is a widespread recognition that territories need to construct strategies that focus on shaping sustainable competitive advantages. To do this they draw upon their own unique resources and capabilities alongside intelligence on existing technological and market trends. However, there is still a notorious lack of both theoretical and empirical research on this issue. The first part of this book develops a theoretical framework for understanding and analysing territorial strategy. This framework asks three questions of territorial strategy – what for, what, and how – looking closely at the key relationship between strategy and policy. The second part is dedicated to exploring this framework in practice through application to a series of unique cases from around the world at different territorial levels, from regions such as the Basque Country, Navarre and Murcia in Spain, Okanagan (British Columbia) in Canada, Wales in the United Kingdom, and the cross-border region of the Øresund in Denmark–Sweden, as well as the city of Rafaela in Argentina. Each case offers something different and enables the framework to be thoroughly tested, generating concluding reflections that add real value for scholars and policy-makers interested in and working in the field of territorial strategy. This volume is intended for the academic community, the policy community (government leaders, policy-makers, policy researchers and consultants) and university students and teachers at different levels interested in the areas of territorial competitiveness, regional development, competitiveness policies and processes of territorial strategy.

Book Analysis and Strategies for Sustainable Regional Planning

Download or read book Analysis and Strategies for Sustainable Regional Planning written by Juanjo Galan and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-09-26 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book presents a unique example of integral planning at different scales and across different types of landscapes found on the outskirts of metropolitan areas. It features a sustainability-based plan to improve the evolution of the south-central area of the Calderona Mountain Range, Spain (Sierra Calderona). It is informed and driven by social, cultural, perceptual, sustainability and economic factors supported by a participative process. The plan addresses the frequent conflict between the management of natural and cultural values found in peri-urban areas and the strong pressure for transformation and public use. Incorporating new methodologies and graphical systems for regional and local planning, the plan provides a practical example of balanced and multidisciplinary planning, based on principles of sustainability, systems thinking, new governance and local adaptation. This is volume one of a two-volume series. It elaborates on regional analysis and diagnosis, and on the definition of strategies for the following themes: natural environment, agriculture and livestock farming, urban environment and wellbeing, infrastructures and mobility, cultural heritage, tourism and public use, landscape, sustainability, socio-demography, economic development and governance. The book is intended for planners and researchers from various disciplines, including urban planning, forestry, agriculture, cultural and touristic management, and sustainability studies.

Book Regions  Spatial Strategies  and Sustainable Development

Download or read book Regions Spatial Strategies and Sustainable Development written by Graham Haughton and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on recent regional policy and planning debates in all the English regions.

Book Territorial Cohesion

    Book Details:
  • Author : Eduardo Medeiros
  • Publisher : Springer
  • Release : 2018-12-14
  • ISBN : 3030033864
  • Pages : 200 pages

Download or read book Territorial Cohesion written by Eduardo Medeiros and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-12-14 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a comprehensive overview of several urban related aspects that are of central importance to successful territorial cohesion processes. In essence, it sheds new light on issues concerning urban polycentrism, functional urban regions, integrated sustainable urban development, and the EU Urban Agenda; and on how they can help to achieve territorial cohesion policy goals. As an elusive and fairly recent concept, territorial cohesion has to date only been vaguely debated in the available literature, which for the most part focuses on its historical origins and its relevance for EU policymaking. Instead, this book synthesizes, for the first time, a range of perspectives that place urban elements and policies at the core of territorial cohesion analysis. As such, and given the fact that territorial cohesion is a holistic concept, the book will appeal to a broad readership from both the academic and policymaking arenas.

Book Territory  Identity and Spatial Planning

Download or read book Territory Identity and Spatial Planning written by Mark Tewdwr-Jones and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-09-27 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a multi-disciplinary study of territory, identity and space in a devolved UK, through the lens of spatial planning. It draws together leading internationally renowned researchers from a variety of disciplines to address the implications of devolution upon spatial planning and the rescaling of UK politics. Each contributor offers a different perspective on the core issues in planning today in the context of New Labour’s regional project, particularly the government’s concern with business competitiveness, and key themes are illustrated with important case studies throughout.

Book Post 2030 Agenda and the Role of Space

Download or read book Post 2030 Agenda and the Role of Space written by Annette Froehlich and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-06-13 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a deep insight to which extent further improvement should be envisaged to ensure and improve the sustainable development beyond 2030 (the Sustainable Development Goals is a set of 17 global goals with 169 associated targets which the state community adopted in 2015). As the world, its environment, economy and society is getting more and more technical advanced, it is of high interest to analyze how space and its various applications can support this development. Once the Goals of the “2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” will be achieved new challenges are waiting. The analysis takes into account a proactive use of artificial intelligence for the development based on space infrastructure. Another important aspect revolves around the economic development which asks for further analysis of the cryptocurrencies relationship with space applications and how to use space based cryptocurrencies for development. Environment-wise the challenges for a sustainable development on Earth i.e. water supply, but also in outer space are requested ensuring a sustainable exploration and exploitation of space and its orbital resources. The book also highlights possible contributions of the post-2030 space industry to global economic development based on satellite technology and the enlargement of the scope of application of satellite data in administration and Justice to ensure development of effective, accountable and transparent institutions at all levels to promote growth, stability and security and peace on global level.

Book Territorial Development and Action Research

Download or read book Territorial Development and Action Research written by James Karlsen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-16 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Territorial Development and Action Research examines the role of action research within fields such as territorial development and innovation. Most researchers analyse these fields from the outside, developing a theoretical understanding of what should be done, but not of how to do it. Based on their own experience of territorial development processes from the inside out, James Karlsen and Miren Larrea argue that filling the gap regarding social relations in the innovation process makes it possible for researchers to engage in the processes taking place in the territory, thereby revealing how to make things work. This book will help researchers face the pressure to engage and play a useful role in the development of their host regions. It will help policy makers to continuously learn and redefine policy approaches and bring about collaboration through networks, programs and projects where researchers and practitioners in regional, local and urban development work together to construct territorial development. Readers will acquire a better understanding of micro-territorial development processes and the roles played by individuals and coalitions in endogenous development processes.

Book The New Spatial Planning

Download or read book The New Spatial Planning written by Graham Haughton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-12-04 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using a rich empirical resource base, this book takes a critical look at recent practices to see whether the new spatial planning is having the kinds of impacts its advocates would wish. Contributing to theoretical debates in planning, state restructuring and governance, it also outlines and critiques the contemporary practice of spatial planning.

Book Territorial Development  Cohesion and Spatial Planning

Download or read book Territorial Development Cohesion and Spatial Planning written by Neil Adams and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-08-06 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines some of the evolving challenges faced by EU regional policy in light of enlargement and to assess some of the approaches and trends in terms of territorial development policy and practice that are emerging out of this process. Focusing on the experiences on Central and Eastern Europe, these chapters reflect on the diversity of approaches to spatial planning and the the politics of policy formation and multi-level governance operations – from local to trans-national agendas. Promoting increased awareness and understanding of these issues is the main purpose of the book, as well as harnessing the extensive capacity and ‘knowledge’ within these countries that can greatly enrich the discourse within an enlarged ‘epistemic community’ of European spatial planning academics, practitioners and policy-makers. The recently acquired CEE dimension provides a unique opportunity to examine the evolution of existing ‘epistemic communities’ as well as to explore the potential emergence of new ones..

Book Strategic Planning for Regional Development in the UK

Download or read book Strategic Planning for Regional Development in the UK written by Harry T. Dimitriou and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-08-07 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With contributions from leading academics and practitioners, Strategic Planning for Regional Development in the UK is the most up-to-date treatment of a fast-changing subject. The book discusses: The evolution of regional planning in the UK and the strategic thinking involved The spatial implications of regional economic development policies The methods and techniques needed for the implementation of strategic planning for regional development How strategic planning for regional development is currently put into practice in three UK regions with different priorities. Strategic Planning for Regional Development in the UK is essential reading for students and academics working within strategic and regional planning and provides policy makers and practitioners with a comprehensive and thought provoking introduction to this critically important emerging field.