Monitoring Sustainability Performance of Insular Territories Against SDGs: The Mediterranean Case Study Region
Publication: Journal of Urban Planning and Development
Volume 148, Issue 1
Abstract
With the adoption of the United Nations’ Agenda 2030, some member states of the European Union have voluntarily assessed their state regarding the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by use of the United Nations’ monitoring system for administrative bodies. However, this system does not consider specific challenges in achieving SDGs that are faced with respect to vulnerable geographical contexts. Among these contexts falls the emblematic case of insular regions suffering from particular natural and geographical “handicaps” that, in most cases, confine their efforts to SDG achievements. The goal of this paper is to feature a monitoring system that is capable of measuring progress of insular territorial contexts to 2030 SDGs; the study is adjusted to the islands’ particularities. In doing so, the link between the structural problems of the islands and the UN 2030 SDGs is established, feeding the design of a monitoring mechanism by means of an Islands Sustainable Development Index (IISD). IISD integrates environmental, social, economic, and innovation dimensions, represented by four core indicators, namely the IEND, ISD, IED, and IID, respectively. The results of this research demonstrate: (i) the need to assess progress of the islands toward the SDGs, taking into account the “insularity” dimension, that is, incorporating in the monitoring system respective intrinsic and extrinsic peculiarities of such territorial contexts; and (ii) how intrinsic quantitative and qualitative attributes of island regions, embedded in an integrated analytical approach, can inform strategic decision making in order to achieve higher levels of sustainability performance in these specific territorial entities.
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Acknowledgments
This study was supported by the project “Urban Polarities in the Cities of Newcastle (UK) and Cagliari (Italy) for monitoring the central and attractive effects of the city-territory,” founded by the program “Bando 2019 Mobilità Giovani Ricercatori (MGR),” financed by the Autonomous Region of Sardinia (under the Regional Law of 7 August 2007, n. 7 “Promotion of Scientific Research and Technological Innovation in Sardinia”). This study was also supported by the MIUR [Ministry of Education, Universities and Research (Italy)] through a project entitled WEAKI TRANSIT: WEAK-demand areas Innovative TRANsport Shared services for Italian Towns (Project protocol: 20174ARRHT_004; CUP Code: F74I19001290001), financed with the PRIN 2017 (Research Projects of National Relevance) program. We authorize the MIUR to reproduce and distribute reprints for governmental purposes, notwithstanding any copyright notations thereon. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the MIUR. This paper is the result of the joint work of the authors. In particular, the “Abstract,” “The Methodological Approach for Developing the Islands' Monitoring Mechanism” with sub-paragraphs, “Results” with sub-paragraphs and “Discussion” with sub-paragraphs were jointly written by the authors. C. G. wrote “Introduction” and “Assessing SDGs' Performance in Island Territories – Research Challenges and Gaps,” G. D. wrote “The Features of the Major Mediterranean Case Study Islands” and “The Theoretical Framework for Developing the Islands' Monitoring Mechanism,” and A.S. wrote “Conclusions.”
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