Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals Requires Transdisciplinary Innovation at the Local Scale

Moallemi, Enayat A.; Malekpour, Shirin; Hadjikakou, Michalis; Raven, Rob; Szetey, Katrina; Ningrum, Dianty; Dhiaulhaq, Ahmad; Bryan, Brett A.

doi:10.1016/j.oneear.2020.08.006

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“…To identify the actual context and results, we advanced from a text-mining approach (cf. Moallemi et al 41 ) to careful reading (by the leading author) of all titles, key words, and abstracts of the search results (n = 488) to identify their suitability for further analysis. Papers with no mention of SDGs or water in the abstract were excluded.…”

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The potential of water security in leveraging Agenda 2030

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“…Moreover, this activity is carried out both within the region and abroad. Analysis of sustainable development of regions, their features and prospects for implementation are presented in [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]. Measurement of various aspects (ecological, financial, technical etc.)…”

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Ecological and economic aspects of sustainable development of Ukrainian regions

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The need for sustainable development of Ukrainian regions is due to the global threat of environmental degradation, the unstable situation in the world economy, low socio-economic indicators of the country and weak innovation activity. An important factor that has an influence on the economic development of regions is the ecological state of the environment. It plays one of the most important roles in the conducting of economic activities that require the use of natural resources. According to the results of the investigation, four clusters were formed. Cluster analysis made it possible to conduct a general assessment of the state of the regions of Ukraine, to form groups by similarity and to draw sound conclusions about the existence of similarities in the economy. The formation of clusters and the development of sustainable development policies for individual clusters, which should have significant differences, taking into account their specifics, will contribute to the more effective achievement of sustainable development goals.

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“…In our review and analysis, we focus on sustainability at a local scale, namely in relation to communities, small-scale businesses, cities, states or provinces, and sub-national regions. The choice of local scale is prominent given that SDG progress is highly dependent on knowing and managing the changes on the ground (33). Highly nuanced socioeconomic conditions and capacities and the diversity of stakeholder interests necessitate bottom-up initiatives that can be tailored to specific local characteristics (34).…”

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A review of systems modelling for local sustainability

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The 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) represent a holistic and ambitious agenda for transforming the world towards societal well-being, economic prosperity, and environmental protection. Achieving the SDGs is, however, challenged by the performance of interconnected sectors and the complexity of their interactions which drive non-linear system responses, tipping points, and spillover effects in progress towards sustainability. Systems modelling, as an integrated way of thinking about and modelling multisectoral dynamics, can help explain how feedback interactions within and among different sectors can lead to broader system transformation and progress towards the SDGs. Here, we review how system dynamics, as one of prominent systems modelling approaches, can inform and contribute to sustainability research and implementation, framed by the SDGs. We systematically analyse 357 system dynamics studies undertaken at the local scale (e.g., communities, cities), published between 2015 (i.e., inception of the SDGs) and 2020. We analyse the studies to illuminate strengths and limitations in four key areas: diversity of scope; interdisciplinarity of the approaches; the role of stakeholder participation; and the analysis of SDG interactions. We assess strengths and limitations of the reviewed literature, and propose related research priorities in four areas: better consideration of societal aspects of sustainable development in modelling efforts; integrating with new interdisciplinary methods; improving genuine stakeholder engagement; a more in-depth analysis of feedback interactions underlaying the SDGs (i.e., synergies and trade-offs). The review provides a comprehensive knowledge base of existing works that can guide future applications and set a new research agenda for filling existing gaps in the application of systems modelling to sustainability.

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Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals Requires Transdisciplinary Innovation at the Local Scale

Cited by 154 publications

References 63 publications

The potential of water security in leveraging Agenda 2030

The potential of water security in leveraging Agenda 2030

Ecological and economic aspects of sustainable development of Ukrainian regions

A review of systems modelling for local sustainability

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