Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities

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Chemicals and waste; Sustainable cities and human settlements, Global

Nature-based climate solutions require a mix of socioeconomic and governance attributes

iScience, Volume 25, Issue 12, 22 December 2022, 105699

This paper identifies the socioeconomic and ecological factors that can stimulate the implementation of Nature Based Solutions in developing economies

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Biodiversity and ecosystems; National Sustainable Development Strategies (NSDS); Socioeconomic Impact, Global

Resilient and Sustainable Cities - Chapter 28: Re-envisaging cities: biophilic and First Nations strategies from Australia

Resilient and Sustainable Cities: Research, Policy and Practice, 2022, Pages 519-535

This chapter advances the UN SDG goals 11, 12, and 13 by offering two alternate approaches to Western planning—city making informed by biophilic systems and First Nations values—through Australian case studies that have similar systems of thought, aspirations, and values. The challenge is for use to adapt (or retrofit) our cities to redress climate change and our consumption values toward crafting robust, resilient, respectful and sustainable places.

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Sustainable cities and human settlements; Sustainable consumption and production; Climate change, Global

Gendered travel behaviour in micromobility? Travel speed and route choice through the lens of intersecting identities

Journal of Transport Geography, Volume 106, January 2023, 103502

Fig. 1. Cycling infrastructure typologies within the study context. Source: Own elaboration.

This Study supports SDG 5 and SDG 11 by discussing innovations in micro-mobility and their unequal impacts by gender.

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Sustainable transport, Global

Equitable active transport for female cyclists

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, Volume 113, December 2022

In support of SDG 5 and 11, this Study discusses which transport infrastructure innovations are required to support gender-equitable cycling, especially in developing countries.

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

Resilient and Sustainable Cities- Chapter 19: Health impact assessment: an innovative approach for 15-minute cities

Resilient and Sustainable Cities, Research, Policy and Practice, 2023, Pages 343-353

This chapter advances the UN SDG Goal 3: Good Health by addressing the potential for Health Impact Assessment to assess and optimize the health impacts of the 15-minute city model.

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Health and population; Health and wellbeing; Sustainable cities and human settlements, Global

Resilient and Sustainable Cities - Chapter 24: Predictive modeling for reforestation of cities to mitigate climate change impacts

Ali Jalali, Phillip B. Roös, Murray Herron, Paras Sidiqui, Emma Duncan, Chapter 24 - Predictive modeling for reforestation of cities to mitigate climate change impacts, Editor(s): Zaheer Allam, Didier Chabaud, Catherine Gall, Florent Pratlong, Carlos Moreno, Resilient and Sustainable Cities, Elsevier, 2023, Pages 441-456, ISBN 9780323917186, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-91718-6.00014-1.

This chapter advances UN SDG goals 11, 13, and 3 by discussing how urban reforestation could be among effective options for mitigating urban warming and climate change, further aiding planners and policy makers to create more sustainable and liveable cities.

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Climate change; Forests; Sustainable cities and human settlements, Global

Promoting a city-river balance within neighborhoods in transition along the Rhone

City and Environment Interactions, Volume 17, January 2023, 100093

The research promotes not only a transition towards sustainability but also the emergence of a city-river balance.

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Sustainable cities and human settlements, Global

Resilient and Sustainable Cities - Chapter 33 - Sustainable development in hydro-drought regions by improving hydro-indicators

Resilient and Sustainable Cities: Research, Policy and Practice, 2023, Pages 625-647

This chapter contributes to SDG 6 by introducing projects to improve the situation of drought-affected cities by maintaining and saving local water resources.

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Sustainable cities and human settlements; Water and sanitation, Global

Heat Exposure and Human Health in the Context of Climate Change - Chapter 2: Extreme heat and climate change

Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick, Donna Green, Chapter 2 - Extreme heat and climate change, Editor(s): Yuming Guo, Shanshan Li, Heat Exposure and Human Health in the Context of Climate Change, Elsevier, 2023, Pages 5-36, ISBN 9780128190807, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-819080-7.00006-9.

This chapter advances the UN SDG goals 11 and 13 by providing an introduction to climate change and how it drives extreme heat

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