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Sustainable Cities and Communities (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
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Sustainable Cities and Communities (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
Series: Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals
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The problems related to the process of industrialisation such as
biodiversity depletion, climate change and a worsening of health
and living conditions, especially but not only in developing
countries, intensify. Therefore, there is an increasing need to
search for integrated solutions to make development more
sustainable. The United Nations has acknowledged the problem and
approved the "2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development". On 1st
January 2016, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the
Agenda officially came into force. These goals cover the three
dimensions of sustainable development: economic growth, social
inclusion and environmental protection. The Encyclopedia of the UN
Sustainable Development Goals comprehensively addresses the SDGs in
an integrated way. The Encyclopedia encompasses 17 volumes, each
one devoted to one of the 17 SDGs. This volume addresses SDG 11,
namely "Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe,
resilient and sustainable" and contains the description of a range
of terms, which allows a better understanding and fosters
knowledge. This book presents a set of papers on the state of the
art of knowledge and practices about the numerous challenges for
cities, solutions and opportunities for the future. Concretely, the
defined targets are: Ensure access for all to adequate, safe and
affordable housing and basic services and upgrade slums Provide
access to safe, affordable, accessible and sustainable transport
systems for all, improving road safety, notably by expanding public
transport, with special attention to the needs of those in
vulnerable situations, women, children, persons with disabilities
and older persons Enhance inclusive and sustainable urbanization
and capacity for participatory, integrated and sustainable human
settlement planning and management in all countries Strengthen
efforts to protect and safeguard the world's cultural and natural
heritage Significantly reduce the number of deaths and the number
of people affected and substantially decrease the direct economic
losses relative to global gross domestic product caused by
disasters, including water-related disasters, with a focus on
protecting the poor and people in vulnerable situations Reduce the
adverse per capita environmental impact of cities, including by
paying special attention to air quality and municipal and other
waste management Provide universal access to safe, inclusive and
accessible, green and public spaces, in particular for women and
children, older persons and persons with disabilities Support
positive economic, social and environmental links between urban,
peri-urban and rural areas by strengthening national and regional
development planning Substantially increase the number of cities
and human settlements adopting and implementing integrated policies
and plans towards inclusion, resource efficiency, mitigation and
adaptation to climate change, resilience to disasters, and develop
and implement, in line with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk
Reduction 2015-2030, holistic disaster risk management at all
levels Support least developed countries, including through
financial and technical assistance, in building sustainable and
resilient buildings utilizing local materials Editorial Board
Samuel Borges Barbosa, Luciana Londero Brandli, Elisa Conticelli,
Erin A. Hopkins, Olga Kuznetsova, Astrid Skjerven, Hari Srinivas
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