TY - JOUR
T1 - Exploring urban transformation to inform the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals
AU - Grainger-Brown, Jarrod
AU - Malekpour, Shirin
AU - Raven, Rob
AU - Taylor, Elizabeth
N1 - Funding Information:
☆ This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022
PY - 2022/12
Y1 - 2022/12
N2 - The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) call for rapid transformation towards a more sustainable society, particularly for cities and urban areas. There is a wide spectrum of research which could inform the initiation and management of this urban transformation, but these contributions are found in disparate disciplines and academic fields. This study aims to synthesise the different elements of the ‘Urban Transformation’ (UT) literature into a format which can inform the implementation of the SDGs. Using a systematic qualitative review methodology, the study identified 5150 potentially relevant papers. An extensive screening process was conducted to form a review corpus of 323 studies, upon which an interpretative, iterative content analysis was applied. The analysis resulted in 15 ‘factors of urban transformation’ identified across the literature. These factors are a mix of mechanisms and enablers which are all identified in the literature as critical for urban transformation to occur or continue. By providing a link between the rich urban transformation literature and SDG implementation, the results of this review could be used to explore the transformative potential of current approaches to SDG implementation, or as an initial tool to design new and more transformative pathways to achieve the SDGs in cities.
AB - The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) call for rapid transformation towards a more sustainable society, particularly for cities and urban areas. There is a wide spectrum of research which could inform the initiation and management of this urban transformation, but these contributions are found in disparate disciplines and academic fields. This study aims to synthesise the different elements of the ‘Urban Transformation’ (UT) literature into a format which can inform the implementation of the SDGs. Using a systematic qualitative review methodology, the study identified 5150 potentially relevant papers. An extensive screening process was conducted to form a review corpus of 323 studies, upon which an interpretative, iterative content analysis was applied. The analysis resulted in 15 ‘factors of urban transformation’ identified across the literature. These factors are a mix of mechanisms and enablers which are all identified in the literature as critical for urban transformation to occur or continue. By providing a link between the rich urban transformation literature and SDG implementation, the results of this review could be used to explore the transformative potential of current approaches to SDG implementation, or as an initial tool to design new and more transformative pathways to achieve the SDGs in cities.
KW - SDGs
KW - Sustainable Development Goals
KW - Sustainable Urban Development
KW - Sustainable urban transformation
KW - Urban transformation
KW - Urban transitions
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85138670089
U2 - 10.1016/j.cities.2022.103928
DO - 10.1016/j.cities.2022.103928
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85138670089
SN - 0264-2751
VL - 131
JO - Cities
JF - Cities
M1 - 103928
ER -