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Cities, towns, villages and counties in a data- and guiding principle-based dialogue on urban development-related aspects of global sustainability
When implementing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), municipalities also participate with self-analyses (Voluntary Local Reviews -VLRs). However, an increase in the quality of implementation, an explicit focus on urban planning- and urban development-related aspects as well as better comparability between them are necessary. Which data, indicators and locally recognised guiding principles are suitable as a basis for this?
With the 2030 Agenda, the United Nations agreed to implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in an evidence-based and comprehensible manner. To this end, the Member States have been submitting national reports, so-called Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs), to the annual High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) since 2016. Municipalities are also increasingly involved in this implementation process with self-analyses, so-called Voluntary Local Reviews (VLRs). In addition, from 2022 and based on the Global Urban Monitoring Framework, UN-Habitat, the United Nations Human Settlements Programme, will produce four-yearly global reports on the implementation of the New Urban Agenda. It was drawn up at international level in 2016 and adopted by the United Nations General Assembly. On the European level, the New Leipzig Charter has been available since 2020. It describes, among other things, the urban dimensions of sustainable development and the principles of good urban development policy.
The urban dimension of sustainability is explicitly expressed by SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities) but also by many other SDGs. In order to make greater use of them for local development and to underline their importance at national, European and international level, the following improvements are needed:
In this way, an understanding of sustainable urban development is achieved that integrates municipal structures, spans national levels and also exceeds cultural boundaries within the cross-municipal dialogue. Both data and locally recognised guiding principles (e.g. integrated urban development concepts, spatial development strategies, sustainability resolutions) are used for this purpose.
Besançon (France) (in French)
www.besancon.fr
Cottbus/Chóśebuz (Germany)
www.cottbus.de
Eisenach (Germany)
www.eisenach.de (in German)
Eltville am Rhein (Germany)
www.eltville.de (in German)
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (United Kingdom)
www.liverpoolcityregion-ca.gov.uk
Lüdenscheid (Germany)
www.luedenscheid.de (in German)
Mannheim (Germany)
www.mannheim.de
Munich (Germany)
www.muenchen.de
Niebüll (Germany)
www.niebuell.de (in German)
Prefeitura Municipal de Maringá (Brazil)
Toyama (Japan)
www.city.toyama.lg.jp/kurashi/foreigners/1010403/1010404/index.html
UN-Habitat Data and Analytics
https://unhabitat.org/knowledge/data-and-analytics
Verband Region Rhein-Neckar (Germany)
www.m-r-n.com
EBP Deutschland GmbH
Am Hamburger Bahnhof 4
10557 Berlin
Germany
Corinna Berger
Email:
corinna.berger@ebp.de
Annika Flintrop
Email:
annika.flintrop@ebp.de
Öko-Institut e.V.
Merzhauser Straße 173
79100 Freiburg
Germany
Dr. Manuela Weber
Email:
m.weber@oeko.de
Jonathan Schreiber
Email:
j.schreiber@oeko.de
Dr. André Müller
Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development
Division RS 3 "European Spatial and Urban Development"
Phone: +49 228 99401-2341
Email:
andre.mueller@bbr.bund.de
Dr. Andrea Jonas
Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development
Division RS 2 "Urban Development"
Phone: +49 228 99401-1254
Email:
andrea.jonas@bbr.bund.de
Antonia Milbert
Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development
Division SR 3 "Menschen und Regionen im Wandel – Subjektive und objektive Indikatoren"
Phone: +49 30 18401-2256 and +49 355 121004-6801
Email:
antonia.milbert@bbr.bund.de