Urban sustainability implementation and indicators in the United States: A systematic review

Pallathadka, Arun; Chang, Heejun; Ajibade, Idowu

doi:10.1016/j.cacint.2023.100108

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“…These systems often utilize single composite indicators such as the ecological footprint (EF), the green city index (GCI), the city development index (CDI), the human development index (HDI), and the happy planet index (HPI) [54]. The system of indicators used for evaluating the sustainability of urbanization in cities, including the pressure-state-response (PSR) framework set of indicators and the set of indicators based on the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) framework, plays a crucial role in assessing the sustainability of urbanization [55]. Indicators that denote sustainability are usually organized into three dimensions: environment, economy, and society.…”

Section: Measurement Of Urbanization Sustainability (A) Indicator Systemmentioning

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Do New Urbanization Policies Promote Sustainable Urbanization? Evidence from China’s Urban Agglomerations

Liu,

Jia,

Zhang

et al. 2024

Land

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China’s urbanization has received as much attention as its economic growth in recent years. While rapid urbanization has promoted modernization and wealth creation, it has also brought many problems and challenges. So, since 2014, the Chinese government has implemented a new urbanization policy nationwide. However, few researchers have examined whether China’s new urbanization policies promote sustainable urbanization. This paper evaluates the sustainable urbanization of 19 urban agglomerations in China using the elastic coefficient. The results indicate a significant increase in the number of cities achieving sustainable urbanization since the implementation of China’s new urbanization policy. The number has risen from 46 in the period of 2010–2015 to 71 in the period of 2015–2021. Considering the impact of the new coronavirus on economy, there would have been even more cities entering sustainable urbanization during the latter period. This indicates that the new urbanization policy has a positive influence on the sustainable urbanization of China’s urban agglomerations. The sustainable urbanization status is not static and changes with different policies that are implemented in different time periods. Therefore, it is important to find useful policies that can guide and enhance the urbanization process in these cities. In addition, cities that have a sustainable urbanization status are not perfect. To address this issue, it is important to categorize and implement targeted policies for cities experiencing both sustainable and non-sustainable urbanization. Changes in a city’s size or urbanization rates are not related to the city’s sustainable urbanization status. A larger city size does not indicate sustainable urbanization, and, similarly, cities with faster urbanization rates do not exhibit a higher level of urbanization sustainability.

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Section: Measurement Of Urbanization Sustainability (A) Indicator Systemmentioning

confidence: 99%

Do New Urbanization Policies Promote Sustainable Urbanization? Evidence from China’s Urban Agglomerations

Liu,

Jia,

Zhang

et al. 2024

Land

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“…Actually, the core of these explorations is a comprehensive assessment for given targets based on multiple dimensions and indicators. However, in objective reality, the city is deemed to be an interactive and adaptive system; thus, the coupling coordination of urbanization quality and economic development is important for achieving sustainability [39].…”

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Assessment of Urban Sustainability and Coupling Coordinated Development: An Empirical Study in Anhui Province, China

Wang,

Gao

et al. 2024

Sustainability

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The conflict between economic development and environmental degradation has significantly impeded urban development. Currently, the Chinese government is actively promoting the comprehensive transformation of new-type urbanization. This study measured the quality of urbanization and its degree of coupling coordination in 16 cities in Anhui Province from 2010 to 2020, utilizing 32 indicators across six dimensions: economic development (ED), infrastructure (INF), population development (PD), social development (SD), environmental protection (EP) and urban–rural integration (URI). Additionally, a novel method of sequential relationship analysis, oriented towards “interaction–change” was introduced to calculate indicator weights, which take the interactive degree among various indices and dependencies between neighboring cities into account. The results indicate that urban development in Anhui Province is imbalanced due to a low degree of resource matching. However, there is a positive trend in the relationship between urbanization quality and economic development. Furthermore, although the coupling coordination degree of urbanization quality in most cities fluctuates at different scales, it is still necessary to narrow and optimize the gap between subsystems. For one thing, the above achievements may provide reference for breaking through the traditional static weighting method from the theoretical level. For another, it can also provide decision-makers with valuable insights to establish an intercity complementary management system, so as to achieve sustainable development across the entire region.

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“…In line with the global agenda to combat global warming, numerous cities have envisaged a range of initiatives to create an equitable and sustainable city [13]. The initiatives under the "One NYC" plan for New York City include policies to improve air quality, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, promote social integrity, and increase access to green spaces.…”

Section: Initiatives Dimensions and Indicators For Sustainable Urbanismmentioning

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Placemaking and Sustainable Urbanism: Strategies for Creating Liveable and Resilient Cities

Kumar,

Nigam

2023

The 1st International Online Conference on Buildings

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Urban sustainability implementation and indicators in the United States: A systematic review

Cited by 10 publications

References 113 publications

Do New Urbanization Policies Promote Sustainable Urbanization? Evidence from China’s Urban Agglomerations

Do New Urbanization Policies Promote Sustainable Urbanization? Evidence from China’s Urban Agglomerations

Assessment of Urban Sustainability and Coupling Coordinated Development: An Empirical Study in Anhui Province, China

Placemaking and Sustainable Urbanism: Strategies for Creating Liveable and Resilient Cities

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