Publications on Localizing (SDG 11)

This section consists of publications that show how SDG 11 is being implemented at the local level.

2022
Buyana, Kareem; Walubwa, J. Jacqueline A.; Mukwaya, Paul; Sseviiri, Hakim; Byarugaba, Disan and Nakyagaba, Gloria Nsangi (2022). Global norms, African contexts: A framework for localizing SDGs in cities. In: S. Croese and S. Parnell, (Eds.), Localizing the SDGs in African cities (Sustainable Development Goals series). Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95979-1_3
Carrasco, Bruno; Rahemtulla, Hanif A. and Rohdewohld, Rainer (Eds.). (2022) Decentralization, local governance, and localizing the Sustainable Development Goals in Asia and the Pacific. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003282297
Croese, Sylvia and Parnell, Susan (Eds.) (2022) Localizing the SDGs in African cities (Sustainable development goals series – sustainable cities and communities). Cham, Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95979-1
Elias, Peter and Porto de Albuquerque, João (2022). Data and the localization of Sustainable Development Goals in Africa: The case of SDG 11 in Lagos and Accra. In: S. Croese and S. Parnell, (Eds.), Localizing the SDGs in African cities (Sustainable Development Goals series). Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95979-1_8
Jain, Garima and Espey, Jessica (2022) Lessons from nine urban areas using data to drive local sustainable development, npj Urban Sustainability, 2, 7, https://doi.org/10.1038/s42949-022-00050-4
Laíce, Pedro and Croese, Sylvia (2022). Mozambique’s Voluntary Local Review: SDG localization, decentralization, and the role of local governments and associations. In: S. Croese and S. Parnell, (Eds.), Localizing the SDGs in African cities (Sustainable Development Goals series). Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95979-1_11
Leavesley, Amelia; Trundle, Alexei and Oke, Cathy (2022) Cities and the SDGs : realities and possibilities of local engagement in global frameworks. Ambio 51, 1416-1432 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-022-01714-2
Parnell, Susan (2022). SDG localization in African Cities: The crucible of the 2030 Agenda. In: S Croese and S. Parnell, S. (Eds.), Localizing the SDGs in African cities (Sustainable Development Goals series). Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95979-1_14
Saiu, Valeria; Blecic, Ivan and Meloni, Italo (2022) Making sustainability development goals (SDGs) operational at suburban level : potentials and limitations of neighbourhood sustainability assessment tools, Environmental Impact Assessment Review, vol. 96, September 2022, 106845, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2022.106845
Vela-Jiménez, Rocío; Sianes, Antonio; López-Montero, Rocío and Delgado-Baena, Antonio (2022) The Incorporation of the 2030 Agenda in the design of local policies for social transformation in disadvantaged urban areas, Land, 11(2), 197; https://doi.org/10.3390/land11020197
Yamasaki, Kurumi and Yamada, Takashi (2022). A framework to assess the local implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 11. Sustainable Cities and Society, 84, 104002. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2022.104002

2021
Baffoe, Gideon; Zhou, Xin; Moinuddin, Mustafa; Novas Somanje, Albert; Kuriyama, Akihisa; Mohan, Geetha; Saito, Osamu and Takeuchi, Kazuhiko (2021) Urban–rural linkages: effective solutions for achieving sustainable development in Ghana from an SDG interlinkage perspective, Sustainability Science, 16, 1341–1362, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-021-00929-8
Bilsky, Edgardo; Moreno, Anna Calvete and Fernández Tortosa, Ainara (2021) Local governments and SDG localisation : reshaping multilevel governance from the bottom up, Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, https://doi.org/10.1080/19452829.2021.1986690
Guarini, Enrico; Mori, Elisa and Zuffada, Elena (2021) Localizing the Sustainable Development Goals : a managerial perspective, Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management, (ahead of print no.) https://doi.org/10.1108/JPBAFM-02-2021-0031
Hashimoto, Toru (2021) Supporting city-to-city collaboration: How Yokohama is at the frontier of city development cooperation and public-private partnerships, In: Anthony F. Pipa and Max Bouchet (Eds.) City playbook for advancing the SDGs, Washington, Center for Sustainable Development at Brookings
Hübel, Christian W. (2021) Building Mannheim’s SDG strategy around the vision of residents: Instead of assuming what residents want, the city asked them, In: Anthony F. Pipa and Max Bouchet (Eds.) City playbook for advancing the SDGs, Washington, Center for Sustainable Development at Brookings
Immler, Nicole L. and Sakkers, Hans (2021). The UN-Sustainable Development Goals going local: Learning from localising human rights. The International Journal of Human Rights, 26(2) 262-284. https://doi.org/10.1080/13642987.2021.1913411
Krantz, Venus and Gustafsson, Sara (2021) Localizing the sustainable development goals through an integrated approach in municipalities : early experiences from a Swedish forerunner, Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, vol. 64, no. 14, pp. 2641-2660, https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2021.1877642
Martínez-Córdoba, Pedro-José; Amor-Esteban, Víctor; Benito, Bernardino and García-Sánchez, Isabel-María (2021) The commitment of Spanish local governments to Sustainable Development Goal 11 from a multivariate perspective, Sustainability, vol. 13, no 3, 1222; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13031222
Tiwaria, Geetam; Chauhan, Samradh Singh and Varma Ruchi (2021) Case study : challenges of localizing sustainable development goals in small cities : research to action, IATSS Research, vol. 45, no. 1, pp. 3-11, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iatssr.2021.02.001
Taajamaa, Ville; Joensuu, Minna; Karanian, Barbara and Bettencourt, Luis (2021) Seven steps to strategic SDG sensemaking for cities, Administrative Sciences, 12(1) 33, https://doi.org/10.3390/admsci12010033
Zhang, Chi; Sun, Zhongchang; Xing, Qiang; Sun, Jialong; Xia, Tianyu and Yu, Hao (2021) Localizing Indicators of SDG11 for an integrated assessment of urban sustainability - a case study of Hainan Province, Sustainability, vol. 13, no. 19:11092, https://doi.org/10.3390/su131911092

2020
Bromaghim, Erin (2020) How universities can help cities achieve the SDGs, In: Anthony F. Pipa and Max Bouchet (Eds.) City playbook for advancing the SDGs, Washington, Center for Sustainable Development at Brookings
Croese, Sylvia; Green, Cayley and Morgan, Gareth (2020) Localizing the Sustainable Development Goals through the lens of urban resilience : lessons and learnings from 100 resilient cities and Cape Town, Sustainability 2020, 12(2), 550; https://doi.org/10.3390/su12020550
ESPON (2020) SDG localising tool : localising and measuring Sustainable Development Goals in cities and regions (Draft final report), Luxembourg, ESPON
EUROCITIES (2020) Paving the way for sustainable cities : EUROCITIES report on the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goals at local level, Brussels, EUROCITIES
Javier, Karen Gail H.; Macaranas, Nicole P. and Manalo, Jazztin Jairum P. (2020) Towards a sustainable city and community : examining the practices of Marikina City, Philippines. Asia Pacific Journal of Multidisciplinary Research, 8(3) August, Part II, 76-86.
Macleod ,Allan (2020) Why the One City model works : local governance to achieve the SDGs and leave no one behind, In: Anthony F. Pipa and Max Bouchet (Eds.) City playbook for advancing the SDGs, Washington, Center for Sustainable Development at Brookings
Mejía-Dugand, Santiago; Croese, Sylvia and Reddy, Shobha Ananda (2020) SDG Implementation at the local level : lessons from responses to the coronavirus crisis in three cities in the Global South [Research topic : Urban Sustainability Goals and the New Urban Agenda]. Frontiers in Sustainable Cities 2:598516. https://doi.org/10.3389/frsc.2020.598516
OECD (2020) A territorial approach to the Sustainable Development Goals : synthesis report (OECD Urban Policy Reviews), Paris, Organisation Economic Co-operation and Development, https://doi.org/10.1787/e86fa715-en
Report localization of Sustainable Development Goals in São Paulo (2020) São Paulo, São Paulo City Hall
UCLG (2020) Towards the localization of the SDGs : How to accelerate transformative actions in the aftermath of the COVID-19 outbreak (Local and Regional Governments’ report to the 2020 HLPF : 4th report), Barcelona, United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG)
Vaidya, Hitesh and Chatterji, Tathagata (2020) SDG 11 sustainable cities and communities : SDG 11 and the New Urban Agenda : Global sustainability frameworks for local action. In: Isabel B. Franco; Tathagata Chatterji; Ellen Derbyshire and James Tracey (Eds.) Actioning the global goals for local impact (Science for Sustainable Societies) Singapore, Springer, pp. 173-185, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9927-6_12. Available through ResearchGate

2019
Croese, Sylvia; Wright, Carol and Primo, Natasha (2019) Localisation of the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals in Cape Town, (Mistra Urban Futures Report 2019 ; 3) Stockholm, Mistra Urban Futures
Diprose, Kristina; Taylor Buck, Nick and Perry, Beth (2019) Localisation of the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals in Sheffield (Mistra Urban Futures Report 2019 ; 6) Stockholm, Mistra Urban Futures
Hartley, Kris (2019) Global goals, global cities : achieving the SDGs through collective local action, Chicago, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Gutman, Margarita; Cohen, Michael; Nesprias, Julia; Versace, Ileana; Reese, Eduardo, Miguens, Luna and Belli, Leandro Vera (2019) Localisation of the Agenda 2030 and its Sustainable Development Goals in Buenos Aires, (Mistra Urban Futures Report 2019 ; 8) Stockholm, Mistra Urban Futures
Kundu, Amitabh (2019). Integrated development and sustainable cities : need for an alternative development paradigm. In S. Chaturvedi, T. C. James, S. Saha and P. Shaw (Eds.) 2030 Agenda and India: moving from quantity to quality (South Asia Economic and Policy Studies) (pp. 97-128). Singapore: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9091-4_5
Mesa, Nilda; Edquist, Melika and Esprey, Jessica (2019) A pathway to sustainable American cities : a guide to implementing the SDGs [Draft for discussion], New York, Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN)
Nicklin, Sean; Cornwell, Ben and Trowbridge, Leigh (eds) (2019) A better world : volume 5 : sustainable cities and communities : actions and commitments to the Sustainable Development Goals, Leicester, Tudor Rose
NITI Aayog (2019) Localsing SDGs : early lessons from India 2019, New Delhi, National Institution for Transforming India (NITI)
OECD (2019) Decentralised development co-operation : unlocking the potential of cities and regions, (OECD Development Policy Papers ; 22) Paris, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), https://doi.org/10.1787/e9703003-en
OECD (2019) 1st OECD Roundtable on Cities and Regions for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), 7 March 2019, OECD Headquarters, Paris : highlights, Paris, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Oloko, Michael (2019) Localisation of the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals in Kisumu, Kenya (Mistra Urban Futures Report 2019 ; 9) Stockholm, Mistra Urban Futures
Pipa, Anthony F (2019) Shaping the global agenda to maximize city leadership on the SDGs : the experiences of vanguard cities (Global economy and development at Brookings brief; June 2019)
Sharma, Tarun and Vora, Yutika (2019) Localisation of the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals in Shimla, (Mistra Urban Futures Report 2019 ; 7) Stockholm, Mistra Urban Futures
UCLG (2019) Towards the localization of the SDGs (Local and Regional Governments report to the 2019 HLPF ; 3rd report) Barcelona, United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG)
Valencia, Sandra C.; Pettersson, Sara and Risfelt, Lena (2019) Localisation of the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals in Gothenburg, Sweden, (Mistra Urban Futures Report 2019 ; 4) Stockholm, Mistra Urban Futures

2018
AICCRE (2018) Venice 2030 city solutions : financing the SDGs at local level, 16 – 17th November 2018 : final report, Rome, Italian Association for the Council of European Municipalities (AICCRE)
Almeidai, Ana C. L.; Smarti, James C. R. and Peter Davey (2018) Can learned experiences accelerate the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 11? A framework to evaluate the contributions of local sustainable initiatives to delivery SDG 11 in Brazilian municipalities, European Journal of Sustainable Development, vol. 7, n0. 4, pp. 517-530, https://doi.org/10.14207/ejsd.2018.v7n4p517
Department of European and International Affairs, City of Utrecht (2018) Utrecht : a global goals city : Utrecht’s approach to localising the UN Sustainable Development Goals, Utrecht, City of Utrecht
IGES (2018) Kitakyushu city : the Sustainable Development Goals report : 2018, Kanagawa, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)/City of Kitakyushu
IGES (2018) Shimokawa town : the Sustainable Development Goals report : 2018, Kanagawa, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)/Town of Shimokawa
IGES (2018) Toyama city : the Sustainable Development Goals report : 2018 : compact city planning based on polycentric transport networks, Kanagawa, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)/Toyama City
Koch, Florian and Krellenberg, Kerstin (2018) How to contextualize SDG 11? Looking at indicators for Sustainable Urban Development in Germany, ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, vol. 7 no. 12, 464; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi7120464
Lee et al. (2018) UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) : Suwon implementation report on Goal 11 for HLPF 2018, Suwon Research Institute
Messias, Rodrigo; Vollmer, Julian Grigorovski and Sindico, Francesco (2018) 2018 Report : localizing the SDGs : regional governments paving the way, Brussels, Regions4 Sustainable Development
Mistra Urban Futures (2018) Implementing the New Urban Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals : comparative urban perspectives (City briefs from Mistra Urban Futures comparative project : Feb 2018), Gothenburg, Mistra Urban Futures Project
Oosterhof, Pytrik Dieuwke (2018) Localizing the Sustainable Development Goals to accelerate implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development : the current state of Sustainable Development localization in Asia and the Pacific (The Governance Brief ; 33) Manila, Asian Development Bank (ADB), http://dx.doi.org/10.22617/BRF189612
Prasad, Deo; Ding, Lan; Yenneti, Komali; Fan, Hua; Craft, William; Sanchez, Adriana X.; Li, Xiang; Arnold, Philipp; Bouhmad, Kamel; Earley, Robert; Wang, Youwei; Wu, Jiang; Li, Fengting; You, Nicholas; Fox, Jonathan and Aragon, Jean D’ (2018) Guidelines for sustainable cities communities in China, Nairobi, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Schuthof, Ruud; Kuhn, Stefan; Morrow, Robert and Kotler, Adrienne (2019) 15 pathways to localise the Sustainable Development Goals : inspiration from cities implementing local actions contributing to global goals, Freiburg, ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability
UCLG (2018) Towards the localization of the SDGs (Local and Regional Governments report to the 2018 HLPF ; 2nd report) Barcelona, United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG)

2017
Blanco Jr, Cid (2017) Metropolitan planning and governance in Brazil : how the use of SDG data can help to deliver better results in public administration (SDG local data action : subnational strategy brief)
City of Melbourne (2017) Opportunities and recommendations report 2017 :Annual Plan Initiative 1.13 : complete a desktop assessment of how City of Melbourne’s strategies and plans deliver against the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Melbourne, City of Melbourne
Fabre, Elin Anderdotter (2017) Local implementation of the SDGs & the New Urban Agenda : towards a Swedish national urban policy, Stockholm, Global Utmaning
Fenton, Paul and Gustafsson, Sara (2017) Moving from high-level words to local action — governance for urban sustainability in municipalities, Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, vol. 26-27, pp. 129-133, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2017.07.009, text also available here.
UCLG (2017) National and sub-national governments on the way towards the localization of the SDGs (Local and Regional Governments’ Report to the 2017 HLPF), Barcelona, Urban Cities and Local Governments (UCLG)

2016
Global Taskforce of Local and Regional Governments (2016) Roadmap for localizing the SDGs : implementation and monitoring at subnational level, Global Taskforce of Local and Regional Governments