Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities

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Science; Disaster risk reduction; Sustainable cities and human settlements; Earthquakes; Disaster Preparedness, Global

Sustainable circular value chains: From rural waste to feasible urban construction materials solutions

Elsevier, Developments in the Built Environment, Volume 6, May 2021

Urban regions in sub-Saharan Africa are growing significantly more rapid than their also growing rural counterparts.

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Sustainable consumption and production; Sustainable cities and human settlements, Africa

A comprehensive review of energy scenario and sustainable energy in Kenya

Fuel Communications
Volume 7, June 2021, 100015

The review examined the potential of renewable and non-renewable energy resources and the current state of exploitation in Kenya.

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Sustainable cities and human settlements, Global

The impact of the MeToo scandal on women's perceptions of security

Elsevier, Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Volume 147, May 2021

This study assesses whether the negative exogenous informational shock of the MeToo scandal has affected women's perception of security.

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Sustainable transport; Gender equality and women's empowerment, Global

Environmental Resilience and Transformation in Times of COVID-19 - Chapter 24: Impacts and implications of the COVID-19 crisis and its recovery for achieving sustainable development goals in Asia A review from an SDG interlinkage perspective

Environmental Resilience and Transformation in Times of COVID-19, Climate Change Effects on Environmental Functionality, 2021, Pages 273-288

This book chapter addresses SDG 11 and 13 by showcasing the existing gaps in SDG progress in Asia and how this has challenged the region to hardly achieve the 2030 targets for any of the 17 Goals.

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Health and wellbeing, Asia

International Environmental Cooperation and The Global Sustainability Capital Framework: 1 - Introduction

International Environmental Cooperation and The Global Sustainability Capital Framework, 2021, Pages 1-15

This chapter discusses the need for international environmental cooperation (IEC) in a context of our common vulnerabilities and contingent survivability. It also introduces the Sustainability Capital Framework (SCF) as a core framework for guiding sustainable development, and for delimiting the boundaries of global sustainability.

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Institutional Frameworks and international cooperation for Sustainable Development; Multi-stakeholder partnerships, Global

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The Impacts of Climate Change - Chapter 2: Impacts of climate change on economies, ecosystems, energy, environments, and human equity: A systems perspective

The Impacts of Climate Change, A Comprehensive Study of Physical, Biophysical, Social, and Political Issues, 2021, Pages 19-50

This book chapter addresses SDG 11 and 13 by identifying the interdependencies among the major economic, ecological, environmental, and energy sector impacts, and associated social equity issues, resulting from today’s changing climate.

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Global, Global

The Impacts of Climate Change - Chapter 23: The ethics of measuring climate change impacts

The Impacts of Climate Change, A Comprehensive Study of Physical, Biophysical, Social, and Political Issues, 2021, Pages 521-535

This book chapter addresses SDG 11 and 13 by explaining some of the ways that climate change impacts are evaluated in integrated assessment models (IAMs).

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Rule of Law; Climate Change, Global

Reimagining health services and policy research: Embedding environmental sustainability into our research priorities and practice

The Journal of Climate Change and Health, Volume 2, May 2021, 100011

The health impacts of the climate crisis demand that health systems adapt their practices and mitigate their carbon emissions. Contributing to SDGs 4, 11 and 13, this article argues that health services and policy research (HSPR) is crucial for the transformation of these systems.

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Health and wellbeing; Health and population, Global

Sustainability of Life Cycle Management for Nuclear Cementation-Based Technologies - Chapter 6: Sustainability of cementitious structures, systems, and components (SSC’s): Long-term environmental stressors

Sustainability of Life Cycle Management for Nuclear Cementation-Based Technologies, Woodhead Publishing Series in Energy, 2021, Pages 181-232

This book chapter advances SDG 7 and 11 by analysing the sustainability of cementitious structures, systems, and components (SSC’s), with a particular focus on the impact of long-term environmental stressors, and how to predict and model degradation damage.

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