Verticalising the multi-level analysis of urban and spatial development across geographies

Antonia Milbert; André Mueller; Debolina Kundu; Pragya Sharma

doi:10.18778/1231-1952.30.2.02

Authors

Antonia Milbert Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (BBSR), Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning (BBR), Division People and Regions in Transition – Subjective and Objective Indicators, Germany
André Mueller Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (BBSR), Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning (BBR), Division European (and International) Spatial and Urban Development, Deichmanns Aue 31–37, 53179 Bonn, Germany / University of Bonn, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Department of Geography, Meckenheimer Allee 166, 53115 Bonn, Germany
Debolina Kundu National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7391-137X
Pragya Sharma National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) https://orcid.org/0009-0004-1290-9665

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https://doi.org/10.18778/1231-1952.30.2.02

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Keywords:

sustainable development, 2023 Agenda, Sustainable Development Goals, multi-level analysis, verticalised indicators

Abstract

Making the analysis of urban and spatial development more acceptable by all levels of analysis and governance requires a multi-level – or in other words vertical – approach to indicators measuring development paths. The 2030 Agenda of the United Nations with its 17 Sustainable Development Goals offers a promising chance to establish, maintain, and further develop a monitoring system that is supported by all levels involved, as well as all stakeholder groups and individuals across all levels. First experiences gathered in a nation (Germany) and bilateral and supranational context (Germany, Europe, and India) deliver recommendations for research and practice, and might thus show a possible way to attain successfully this goal.

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