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Cross-national Perspectives on Using Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Indicators for Monitoring Sustainable Development: A Database and Analysis
Sustainable development is the theme of the 21st century. To monitor the progress of sustainable development, the United Nations launched Sustainable...
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Achieving SDGs through Public Participation in Spatial Planning and Urban Governance: International Standards for Effective Implementation
Human settlements are deeply founded on civic engagement through the involvement of stakeholders, citizens, and the public. This entails creating a...
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Youth and Humanitarian Action: Open Map** Partnerships for Disaster Response and the SDGs
Use of data and digital technologies has dramatically changed the look, feel, and efficacy of humanitarian action over the past decade. Partnerships...
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Drones for Good: Map** Out the SDGs Using Innovative Technology in Malawi
Drones are being used in various industries, focusing on youth involvement and map** activities as a key component of the multiple initiatives....
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Housing and SDGs in Urban Africa
There is a dearth of collections of scholarly works dedicated wholly to African issues, that comes out of the work done by African scholars and...
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Establishing a Knowledge Value Chain for Sustainable Spatial Planning and Urban Governance: Meeting the SDGs Through Technical Standards
The relationship between standardization and scientific research has become increasingly collaborative. However, to ensure a coherent common vision...
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Geodesign in the Teaching Process of Global Agreements: Sustainable Development Goals and Smart Cities
This paper presents an academic experiment report on the application of Geodesign in the context of Architecture and Urban Planning seminars, for...
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High-resolution Pléiades data: an in-depth analysis of applications and future prospects
Thiscomprehensive review explores the multifaceted applications of high-resolution Pléiades data across various scientific disciplines, including...
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Africa’s Housing Sector as a Pathway to Achieving the SDGs
Adequate, affordable housing has long been recognised as central to global development strategies (Cociña et al. in World Dev 122:130–141, 2019 [5])....
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Assessment of ecological quality in Northwest China (2000–2020) using the Google Earth Engine platform: Climate factors and land use/land cover contribute to ecological quality
The ecological quality of inland areas is an important aspect of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs). The ecological...
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Housing and the SDGs in African Cities: Towards a Sustainable Future
In this final chapter, we carry out an analysis of the scholarly works of contributors who, as experts from different disciplines, have written about...
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Practicing Students SDG Strategies Through Fieldwork—Exploring Student Perspectives on Green Urban Planning Models in a Nature Park
A growing number of students demand knowledge on more sustainable practices and climate change actions from their education. This chapter argues that...
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Nachhaltigkeit
Geoparks werden von der UNESCO als Modellregionen für nachhaltige Entwicklung gesehen, die mit Hilfe eines ganzheitlichen Konzeptes Schutz und...
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Rapid Urbanisation, Desertification and SDGs: Limits to Sustainability
EffortsDesertification toSustainability limitRapid Urbanisation theSustainable Development Goal (SDG) global warmingGlobal Warming potential increase...
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The Global-DEP: A Research Programme to Promote Sustainability of Dryland Social-Ecological Systems
In light of the escalating pace and heightened intensity of contemporary climate change and human interventions, a more systematic and comprehensive...
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Develo** socio-hydrology: Research progress, opportunities and challenges
The development of industrialization and urbanization has intensified the coupling of human activities and hydrological processes and promoted the...
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Promoting the Sustainable Development Goals in the Arctic: The Case of Polar Research and Policy Initiative
This chapter offers a case of Polar Research and Policy Initiative (PRPI) – a UK-based international think-tank dedicated to Arctic, Nordic, North...
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Reflecting on the YouthMappers Movement
YouthMappers co-founders and organizers reflect on the contributions narrated in this volume, and in a larger sense, the contributions of the more...
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A Free and Open Map of the Entire World: Opportunities for YouthMappers Within the Unusual Partnership Model of OpenStreetMap
OpenStreetMap (OSM) is a very unusual kind of partnership, not only in the context of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) but...