Promoting the Sustainable Development Goals in North American Cities : Case Studies & Best Practices in the Science of Sustainability Indicators /

This volume presents North American best practices and perspectives on developing, managing and monitoring indicators to track development progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in local communities and cities. In 4 main sections, the book presents and frames the many ways in whic...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors:	Abraham, David B. (Editor), Iyer, Seema D. (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2021.
Edition:	1st ed. 2021.
Series:	Sustainable Development Goals Series,
Subjects:	Sustainable development. Regional planning. Urban planning. Environmental policy. Environmental geography. Sustainable Development. Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning. Environmental Policy. Environmental Geography. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Chapter1: Introduction: Localizing SDG Goals and empowering cities and communities in North America for sustainability
SectionI: City and Regional Localization of SDGs
Chapter2: Localizing the SGDs in Baltimore: Challenges and Opportunities of the USA Sustainable Cities Initiative
Chapter3: Los Angeles: Measuring Its Ambition to Achieve the SDGs
Chapter4: The Idea of Sustainability and the Houston Region
SectionII: Programs and Tools to support the implementation of the SDGs
Chapter5: Making the SDGs Relevant for Cities: Using the Community Capital Tool in British Columbia
Chapter6: How Local Communities Can Align with United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: A Santa Cruz County Case Study
SectionIII: Mobilizing Local SDG efforts across North America
Chapter7: Top-down and Bottom-Up Approaches to the SDG-Monitoring Challenge
Chapter8: Data for Good for All - Enabling All Communities to Track Progress Towards SDG Implementation
SectionIV: Developing new methods and data to localize SDGs
Chapter9: Helping the Neighborhood Create Indicators for Sustainable Housing Planning, Sustainable Development Goal #11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
Chapter10: How the Youth Social Enterprise (YSE) Model Supports the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goal #8 Economic Growth and Decent Work in American Cities
SectionV: Goals, Targets and Indicators for Localizing SDGs in the US
Chapter11: Proposed Local SDG Indicators for US Cities and Communities.