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Italian Cities SDGs composite index : a methodological approach to measure the Agenda 2030 at urban level
Farnia, Luca; Cavalli, Laura; Vergalli, Sergio - 2019
In this paper we calculate the Italian Cities Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Composite Index potentially useful … dimensions representing 16 out of 17 SDGs adopted by the United Nations at the end of September 2015, the index merges 53 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012052252
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On the use of spectral value decomposition for the construction of composite indices
Farnia, Luca - 2019
High dimensional composite index makes experts' preferences in setting weights a hard task. In the literature, one of the approaches to derive weights from a data set is Principal Component or Factor Analysis that, although conceptually different, they are similar in results when FA is based on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011999119
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Italian Cities SDGs Composite Index : A Methodological Approach to Measure the Agenda 2030 at Urban Level
Farnia, Luca - 2019
In this paper we calculate the Italian Cities Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Composite Index potentially useful … dimensions representing 16 out of 17 SDGs adopted by the United Nations at the end of September 2015, the index merges 53 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012865957
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The new urban paradigm
Lanfranchi, Gabriel; Herrero, Ana Carolina; Palenzuela, … - 2018
This policy brief argues in favor of a new urban model that harnesses the power that cities have to curb global warming. Such a model tackles fundamental management challenges in the energy, building and transport sectors to promote the growth of diverse and compact cities. Such a model is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011908104
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Implementing Sustainable Development Goals within the COVID-19 pandemic future challenges for the 2030 Agenda
Żbikowska, Anna Rydz - In: Comparative economic research : Central and Eastern Europe 25 (2022) 4, pp. 135-160
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The aim of this article is to present the current status of SDG implementation with … reference to the 2030 Agenda. Furthermore, it will examine the impact of COVID-19 on the progress of SDGs on a global scale … Central and Eastern European Countries (CEECs), in terms of the implementation of SDGs. The study is limited to the context of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014234462
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Where smart meets sustainability : the role of smart governance in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in cities
Giuliodori, Andrea; Berrone, Pascual; Ricart i Costa, … - In: Business research quarterly : BRQ 26 (2023) 1, pp. 27-44
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) seek to achieve economic, social, and environmental progress globally. However …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014281534
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A Multi-Scale Analysis of 27,000 Urban Street Networks : Every US City, Town, Urbanized Area, and Zillow Neighborhood
Boeing, Geoff - 2018
OpenStreetMap offers a valuable source of worldwide geospatial data useful to urban researchers. This study uses the OSMnx software to automatically download and analyze 27,000 US street networks from OpenStreetMap at metropolitan, municipal, and neighborhood scales - namely, every US city and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014034402
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Integration of technological and social components in a smart urban development model : a case study of China
Heshmati, Almas; Koohborfardhaghighi, Somayeh; Summers, … - 2022
The path of urbanization around the world and in particular in China has been rapid. This study addresses measurement of a composite index of networking among key components of societal infrastructure and how it affects the process of urbanization. This study has a number of objectives. First we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013173231
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Pollution and the efficiency of urban growth
Quaas, Martin F.; Smulders, Sjak - 2008
We analyze the efficiency of urbanization patterns in a dynamic model of endogenous urban growth with two sectors of production. Production exhibits increasing returns to scale on aggregate. Urban environmental pollution, as a force that discourages agglomeration, is caused by domestic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008796287
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Regional and sector environmental efficiency empirical evidence from structural shift-share analysis of NAMEA data
Mazzanti, Massimiliano; Montini, Anna - 2009
This paper provides new empirical evidence on regional-national disparities in environmental efficiency, based on case studies of Italy and the Lazio region, which includes the city of Rome. Shift-share analyses provide evidence on the drivers of environmental efficiency and on sector...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008809696