The Academic Debate on SDG 11

2024
Allam, Z., Sharma, A. and Cheshmehzangi, A. (2024). LiFE in the city: Behavioural changes can drive urban sustainability goals, Cities, 151, 105163. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2024.105163
Cheng, Changgao, Fang, Zhou, Zhou, Qin; Jiang, Yong; Xue, Shi; Shuang, Zhao; Wang, Weiwei; Zhuang, Yuan; Ding, Tonghui; Tang, Yan; Deng, Mingjiang and Tang, Deshan (2024) Nature's hand in megacity cluster progress: Integrating SDG11 with ecosystem service dynamics. Sustainable Cities and Society, 108, 105471, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2024.105471
Leal Filho, W., Forh Mbah, M., Alzira Pimenta Dinis, M., Viera Trevisan, L., Lange, Deborah de, Mishra, A.; Rebelatto, B., Ben Hassen, T. and Aina, Y. A. (2024). The role of artificial intelligence in the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goal 11: Fostering sustainable cities and communities, Cities, 150, 105021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2024.105021
Opoku, A. (Ed.) (2024). The Elgar companion to the built environment and the Sustainable Development Goals (Elgar companions to the Sustainable Development Goals). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035300037
Sharifi, Ayyoob; Allam, Zaheer; Bibri, Simon Elias and Khavarian-Garmsir, Amir Reza (2024). Smart cities and sustainable development goals (SDGs): A systematic literature review of co-benefits and trade-offs, Cities, 146, 104659. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2023.104659
Tate, Christopher; Wang, Ruoyu; Akaraci, Selin; Burns, Catherine; Garcia, Leandro and Hunter, Ruth (2024). The contribution of urban green and blue spaces to the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals: An evidence gap map, Cities, 145, 104706. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2023.104706
Zhang, X. (2024). From dilemma to balance : urban conservation and (re)development in mainland China (PhD. thesis). Rotterdam: Erasmus University Rotterdam.

2023
Beck, Donizete; Ferasso, Marcos; Atoropoli, José and Vigoda-Gadot, Eran (2023). Achieving the sustainable development goals through stakeholder value creation: Building up smart sustainable cities and communities, Journal of Cleaner Production, 399, 136501. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.136501
Blasi, S.; Ganzaroli, A. and Noni, I De (2022) Smartening sustainable development in cities: Strengthening the theoretical linkage between smart cities and SDGs. Sustainable Cities and Society, 80, 103793, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2022.103793
Botchway, Edward Ayebeng; Agyekum, Kofi; Kotei-Martin, Jenefailus Nikoi; Pittri, Hayford; Dompey, Annabel Morkporkpor Ami; Afram, Samuel Owusu and Asare, Nathaniel Elikplim (2023). Achieving healthy city development in Ghana: Referencing Sustainable Development Goal 11, Sustainability, 15, 14361. https://doi.org/10.3390/su151914361
Hales, R. and Birdthistle, N. (2023). The Sustainable Development Goals – SDG#11 Sustainable Cities and Communities, in N. Birdthistle, and R. Hales, (Eds.) Attaining the 2030 Sustainable Development Goal of Sustainable Cities and Communities (Family Businesses on a Mission). Leeds: Emerald Publishing, pp. 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80455-836-220231001
Jain, Akshat; Gue, Ivan Henderson and Jain, Prateek (2023) Research trends, themes, and insights on artificial neural networks for smart cities towards SDG-11, Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 412, 1137300, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.137300
Mahadevia, Darshini; Mukhopadhyay, Chandrima; Lathia, Saumya and Gounder, Kanika (2023) The role of urban transport in delivering Sustainable Development Goal 11: Learning from two Indian cities. Heliyon, 9(9), e19453, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e19453
Xu, Zihan; Peng, Jian; Liu, Yanxu; Qiu, Sijing; Zhang, Hanbing and Dong, Jianquan (2023) Exploring the combined impact of ecosystem services and urbanization on SDGs realization, Applied Geography, vol. 153, 102907, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2023.102907

2022
Blasi, S.; Ganzaroli, A. and Noni, I De (2022) Smartening sustainable development in cities: Strengthening the theoretical linkage between smart cities and SDGs. Sustainable Cities and Society, 80, 103793, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2022.103793
Bosworth, Brendon (2022) Partnering for transformative SDG-oriented urban development : guidance for multi-partner initiatives from the Global Future Cities Programme. Nairobi: United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)
Du Plessis, A. (2022). SDG 11: make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable. In: J. Ebbesson amd E. Hey (Eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of the Sustainable Development Goals and International Law (Cambridge Law Handbooks, pp. 281-303). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108769631.013
Gelan, Eshetu and Girma, Yared (2022). Urban green infrastructure accessibility for the achievement of SDG 11 in rapidly urbanizing cities of Ethiopia. GeoJournal, vol. 87, no. 4, 2883–2902. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-021-10404-7
Gupta, Shivam and Degbelo, Auriol (2022) An empirical analysis of AI contributions to sustainable cities (SDG11). In F. Mazzi, and L. Floridi (Eds.,) The ethics of Artificial Intelligence for the Sustainable Development Goals <Forthcoming> https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2202.02879
Küfeoğlu, Sinan (2022). SDG-11: Sustainable cities and communities, in Sinan Küfeoğlu, Emerging technologies: Value creation for sustainable development (Sustainable Development Goals Series). Cham: Springer, pp. 385-408. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-07127-0_13
OECD (2022) The Sustainable Development Goals as a framework for COVID-19 recovery in cities and regions (OECD Regional Development Papers ; 26). Paris: OECD Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1787/6d25b59b-en
Ramani, Shyama V. and Hettiarachchi, Hiroshan (Eds.) (2022) SDG11, sustainable cities and communities : moving forward with the circular economy. Abingdon: Routledge. https://doi-org.eur.idm.oclc.org/10.4324/9781003205975
Robinson, T. and Ji, M. (2022). Sustainable, smart and solidary Seoul : transforming an Asian megacity (Springer Nature Sustainable Development Goals Series). Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-13595-8
Sanfo, Safiétou; Neya, Oblé; Da, Sylvestre; Salack, Seyni; Amikuzuno, Joseph; Gandaa, Bizoola Zinzoola; Hackman, Kwame Oppong and Ogunjobi, Kehinde Olufunso (2022). Waste recycling and repurposing to address SDG 11 in Burkina Faso: Do multi-stakeholder platforms matter? In: S. Croese and S.Parnell, (Eds.), Localizing the SDGs in African cities (Sustainable Development Goals series). Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95979-1_6
Scruggs, Gregory (2022). Integrating the SDGs in urban project design : recommendations from the Global Future Cities Programme. Nairobi: United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)
Sengupta, Ushnish and Sengupta, Ulysses (2022) SDG-11 and smart cities: Contradictions and overlaps between social and environmental research agenda, Frontiers in Sociology, 7, 995603. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2022.995603

2021
Baffoe, Gideon; Zhou, Xin; Moinuddin, Mustafa; Somanje, Albert Novas; Kuriyama, Akihisa; Mohan, Geetha; Saito, Osamu and Takeuchi, Kazuhiko (2021). Urban–rural linkages: Effective solutions for achieving sustainable development in Ghana from an SDG interlinkage perspective. Sustainability Science, 16, 1341–1362. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-021-00929-8
Bernegger, Heinz J.; Laube , Patrick; Ochsner, Pascal; Meslec, Mihaela; Rahn, Hanno; Junghardt, Johann; Aurich, Isabella and Ashworth, Simon (2021) Sustain GEOBIM - a new method to simulate sustainable development scenarios for urban areas, Circular Economy and Sustainability, 1, 967-976, https://doi.org/10.1007/s43615-021-00092-3
Cinderby, Steve; Bruin, Annemarieke de; Cambridge, Howard; Muhoza, Cassilde and Ngabirano Amanda (2021) Transforming urban planning processes and outcomes through creative methods, Ambio, 50, 1018-1034, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-020-01436-3
Croese, Sylvia; Dominique, Massamba and Raimundo, Inês Macamo (2021) Co-producing urban knowledge in Angola and Mozambique: towards meeting SDG 11, npj Urban Sustainability, 1(8), https://doi.org/10.1038/s42949-020-00006-6
Gajjar, Vibha; Sharma, Utpal and Shah, M. Hetankshi (2021) Deliverable to improve air quality using NDVI analysis for Ahmedabad City : addressing the agendas of SDG, Current Research in Environmental Sustainability, vol. 3, 100036, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crsust.2021.100036
Gelan, Eshetu and Girma, Yared (2021) Urban green infrastructure accessibility for the achievement of SDG 11 in rapidly urbanizing cities of Ethiopia, GeoJournal, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-021-10404-7
Hawken, Scott; Rhamat, Homa; Sepasgozar, Samad M. E.; and Zhang, Kefeng (2021)The SDGs, ecosystem services and cities : a network analysis of current research innovation for implementing urban sustainability, Sustainability, 13(24), 14057; https://doi.org/10.3390/su132414057
Hosseini, Keyvan; Stefaniec, Agnieszka and Hosseini, Seyedeh Parisa (2021) World Heritage Sites in developing countries : assessing impacts and handling complexities toward sustainable tourism, Journal of Destination Marketing & Management, vol. 20, June 2021, 100616, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdmm.2021.100616
Labadi, Sophia; Giliberto, Francesca; Rosetti, Ilaria; Shetabi, Linda and Yildirim, Ege (2021) Heritage and the Sustainable Development Goals : policy guidance for Heritage and Development Actors, Paris, Sustainable Development Goals Working Group – Priority Action 1 Task Team, International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS)
Mycoo, Michelle A. and Bharath, Keisha (2021) Sustainable Development Goal 11 and a New Urban Agenda for Caribbean Small Island Developing States : policy, practice, and actionOpens external [Research topic : Urban Sustainability Goals and the New Urban Agenda]. Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, 3:554377. https://doi.org/10.3389/frsc.2021.554377
Pottgiesser, Uta; Fatoric, Sandra; Hein, Carola; Maaker, Erik de and Pereira Roders, Ana (eds.) (2021) LDE Heritage conference on Heritage and the Sustainable Development Goals : proceedings (26th - 28th November 2019, Delft), Delft, TU Delft Open
Shulla, Kalterina; Voigt, Bernd-Friedrich; Cibian, Stefan; Scandone, Giuseppe; Martinez, Edna; Nelkovski, Filip and Salehi, Pourya (2021) Effects of COVID-19 on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Discover Sustainability, vol. 2, 15, https://doi.org/10.1007/s43621-021-00026-x
Thiam, Sokhna; Aziz, Fati; Kushitor, Sandra Boatemaa; Amaka-Otchere, Akosua Baah Kwarteng; Onyima Blessing Nonye and Odume, Oghenekaro Nelson (2021) Analyzing the contributions of transdisciplinary research to the global sustainability agenda in African cities, Sustainability Science 16, 1923-1944, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-021-01042-6

2020
Alarcón González, Diana (2020) Applying the SDGs to urban violence : a robust response must address root causes, In: Anthony F. Pipa and Max Bouchet (Eds.) City playbook for advancing the SDGs, Washington, Center for Sustainable Development at Brookings
Almeida, Ana C. L. and Davey, Peter (2020) Integrating health promotion into sustainable development goal 11: major challenges and learned lessons from Healthy Municipalities, Cities and Communities (HMC) in Brazil, International Journal of Health Promotion and Education, https://doi.org/10.1080/14635240.2020.1808042
Angheloiu, Corina and Tennant, Mike (2020) Urban futures : systemic or system changing interventions? A literature review using Meadows' leverage points as analytical framework, Cities, vol. 104, 102808, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2020.102808
Barata, Martha M. L.; Bader, Daniel A.; Dereczynski, Claudine; Regoto, Pedro and Rosenzweig, Cynthia (2020) Use of climate change projections for resilience planning in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [Research topic : Urban Sustainability Goals and the New Urban Agenda]. Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, 2:28. https://doi.org/10.3389/frsc.2020.00028
Bounoua, Lahouari; Fathi, Najlaa; Berkaoui, Meryem El; Ghazouani, Laila El and Messouli, Mohammed (2020), Assessment of Sustainability Development in Urban Areas of Morocco, Urban Science, 2020, vol. 4, no. 2, 18; https://doi.org/10.3390/urbansci4020018
Dolley, Jonathan, Marshall, Fiona; Butcher, Bradley; Reffin, Jeremy; Robinson, James Alexander; Eray, Baris and Quadrianto, Novi (2020) Analysing trade-offs and synergies between SDGs for urban development, food security and poverty alleviation in rapidly changing peri-urban areas : a tool to support inclusive urban planning, Sustainability Science, 15, 1601-1619, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-020-00802-0
Filho, W. Leal; Azul, A. M.; Brandli, L.; Özuyar, P. G. and Wall, T. (eds) (2020) Sustainable cities and communities (Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals), New York, Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95717-3
Joubert, Leonie; Taylor, Anna; Pieterse, Edgar; Haysom, Gareth; Cirolia, Liza Rose; Sitas, Rike and Smit, Warren (2020) Realisng just cities, Rondebosch, African Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town
Major, David C.; Lehmann Martin and Fitton, James (2018) Linking the management of climate change adaptation in small coastal towns and cities to the Sustainable Development Goals, Ocean & Coastal Management, vol. 163, pp. 205-208, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2018.06.010
Parikh, Priti; Diep, Loan; Gupte, Jaideep and Lakhanpaul, Monica (2020) COVID-19 challenges and WASH in informal settlements : integrated action supported by the sustainable development goals, Cities, vol. 107, December 2020, 102871, 08 September 2020, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2020.102871
Rajabifard, Abbas (ed.) (2020) Sustainable Development Goals connectivity dilemma : land and geospatial information for urban and rural resilience, Boca Raton, CRC Press, see: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9780429290626
Sietchiping, Remy and Omwamba, John (2020). The future of urban policy in Africa. Localization of SDG 11 and the New Urban Agenda. In: S. C. Nunes and A.T rono, (Eds.), Local governance in the New Urban Agenda. Local and urban governance. Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47135-4_14
Spiliotopoulou, Maria and Roseland, Mark (2020) Urban Sustainability : from Theory Influences to Practical Agendas, Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, no. 18, 7245; https://doi.org/10.3390/su12187245
Zoomers, Annelies; Noorloos, Femke van; Otsuki, Kei; Steel, Griet and Westen, Guusvan (2017) The rush for land in an urbanizing world : from land grabbing toward developing safe, resilient, and sustainable cities and landscapes, World Development, vol. 92, pp. 242-252, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2016.11.016

2019
Abubakara, Ismaila Rimi and Aina, Yusuf Adedoyin (2019) The prospects and challenges of developing more inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable cities in Nigeria, Land Use Policy, vol. 87, 104105, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2019.104105
Ajibade, Idowu and Egge, Michael (2019) SDGs and climate adaptation in Asian megacities : synergies and opportunities for transformation, In: Dalby, Simon; Horton and Mahon, Rianne with Tonmaz, Diana (eds.) (2019) Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals : global governance challenges (Routledge studies in sustainable development) pp. 100-116, available at ResearchGate
Bansard, Jennifer S.; Hickmann, Thomas and Kern, Kristine (2019) Pathways to urban sustainability : How science can contribute to sustainable development in cities, GAIA – Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 112-118, https://doi.org/10.14512/gaia.28.2.9
Kabisch, Sigrun; Finnveden, Göran; Kratochvil, Petr; Sendi, Richard; Smagacz-Poziemska, Marta; Matos, Rafaela and Bylund, Jonas (2019) New urban transitions towards sustainability : addressing SDG Challenges (Research and implementation tasks and topics from the perspective of the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) of the Joint Programming Initiative (JPI) Urban Europe), Sustainability, vol. 11, no 8, 2242; https://doi.org/10.3390/su11082242
Krellenberg, Kerstin; Bergsträßer, Hannah; Bykova, Daria; Kress, Nele and Tyndall, Katharine (2019) Urban sustainability strategies guided by the SDGs – a tale of four cities, Sustainability, vol. 11, no. 4, 1116; https://doi.org/10.3390/su11041116
Mitlin, Diana; Beard, Victoria A.; Satterthwaite, David and Du, Jillian (2019) Unaffordable and undrinkable : rethinking urban water access in the Global South (World Resources Report : towards a more equal city : working paper), Washington, World Resources Institute (WRI) Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Oliveira, M. Cecilia (2018) Global goals and urban development : the territorial effects of implementing the MDGs in Brazil, In: Aust, Helmut Philipp and Du Plessis, Anél (eds.) The globalization of governance, New York, Routledge, pp. 173-185.
Patel, Amit; Joseph,George; Shrestha, Anne and Foint, Yaeli (2019) Measuring deprivations in the slums of Bangladesh : implications for achieving sustainable development goals, Housing and Society, vol. 46, no. 2, pp. 81-109, https://doi.org/10.1080/08882746.2019.1622346
Ramirez-Rubio, Oriana; Daher, Carolyn; Fanjul, Gonzalo; Gascon, Mireia; Mueller, Natalie; Pajín, Leire; Plasencia, Antoni; Rojas-Rueda, David; Thondoo, Meelan and Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J. (2019) Urban health : an example of a “health in all policies” approach in the context of SDGs implementation, Globalization and Health, 15, 87, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-019-0529-z
UN-ESCAP (2019) The future of Asian and Pacific cities 2019 : transformative pathways towards sustainable urban development, Bangkok, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN-ESCAP)
UN-Habitat (2019) SDG project assessment tool vol. 2 : user guide. Nairobi: United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)
Valencia, Sandra C.; Simon, David; Croese, Sylvia; Nordqvist, Joakim; Oloko, Michael, Sharma, Tarun Nick Buck, Taylor and Versace, Ileana (2019) Adapting the Sustainable Development Goals and the New Urban Agenda to the city level : Initial reflections from a comparative research project, International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 4-23; https://doi.org/10.1080/19463138.2019.1573172
Zhang, Qian; Liu, Shuming; Wang, Tao; Dai, Xiaohu; Baninla, Yvette; Nakatani, Jun and Moriguchi, Yuichi (2019) Urbanization impacts on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of the water infrastructure in China : trade-offs among sustainable development goals (SDGs), Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 232, pp. 474-486, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.05.333
Zhang, Xiang; Chen, Nengcheng; Sheng, Hao; Ip, Chris; Yang, Long; Chen, Yiqun; Sang, Ziqin; Tadesse, Tsegaye; Lim, Tania Pei Yee; Rajabifard, Abbas; Bueti, Cristina; Zeng, Linglin; Wardlow, Brian; Wang, Siqi; Tang, Shiyi; Xiong, Zhang; Li, Deren and Niyogi, Dev (2019) Urban drought challenge to 2030 sustainable development goals, Science of the Total Environment, vol. 696, 133536, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.07.342

2018
Aust, Helmut Philipp and Plessis, Anél du (2018). Good urban governance as a global aspiration: on the potential and limits of SDG 11, in: Duncan French and Louis J. Kotzé (Eds.), Sustainable Development Goals: law, theory and implementation. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 201-221. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781786438768.00016
Cibrario, Daria (2018) SDG 11 : to ensure sustainable waste services, we must value waste workers and make sure they are in decent jobs, In: Spotlight on Sustainable Development 2018 : Exploring new policy pathways : How to overcome obstacles and contradictions in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda (report by the Civil Society Report on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development), Beirut, Civil Society Reflection Group on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, pp. 138-143
Cohen, Matthew and Habron, Geoffrey (2018) How does the New Urban Agenda align with comprehensive planning in U.S. Cities? A case study of Asheville, North Carolina, Sustainability, vol. 10, no. 12, 4590; https://doi.org/10.3390/su10124590
Giezen, Mendel; Balikci, Stella and Arundel, Rowan (2018) Using remote sensing to analyse net Land-use change from conflicting sustainability policies : the case of Amsterdam, ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, vol. 7, no 9, 381; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi7090381
IFLA (2018) Sustainable cities and communities : IFLA input to UN NGO Major Group position paper on SDG 11, The Hague, International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)
Koch, Florian and Krellenberg, Kerstin (2018) How to contextualize SDG 11? Looking at indicators for Sustainable Urban Development in Germany, ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 7, 464; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi7120464
Nikulina, Varvara; Baumann, Henrikke; Simon, David and Sprei, Frances (2018). Sustainable transport futures: Analysis of the selected methodologies supporting the planning process towards achieving Goal 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities, in: W. Leal Filho (Ed.) Handbook of sustainability science and research (World Sustainability Series). Cham: Springer, pp. 473-488. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63007-6_29 [Available at: https://research.chalmers.se/publication/513820/file/513820_Fulltext.pdf]
Olaniran, Sunday Olawale (2018) Balancing Africanisation with community education : implication for achieving the SDG 11 : sustainable cities and communities, Gender & Behaviour, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 12143-12151, available at ResearchGate
Robin, Enora and Acuto, Michele (2018) Global urban policy and the geopolitics of urban data, Political Geography, vol. 66, pp. 76-87, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2018.08.013
Rudd, Andrew; Simon, David; Cardama, Maruxa; Birch, Eugénie L. and Revi, Aromar (2018) The UN, the Urban Sustainable Development Goal, and the New Urban Agenda, In: Elmqvist, Thomas; Bai, Xuemei and Frantzeskaki et al. (eds.) The urban planet : knowledge towards sustainable cities, New York, Cambridge University Press, pp. 180-196.
Satterthwaite, David (2018) Who can implement the Sustainable Development Goals in urban areas? In T. Elmqvist, X. Bai, N. Frantzeskaki, C. Griffith, D. Maddox, T. McPhearson, et al. (Eds.), Urban planet : knowledge towards sustainable cities (pp. 408-410). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316647554.037
Song, Jaemin and Lee, Eun Woo (2018) Goal 11 : sustainable city and communities, In: Yung, Tae Yong (ed.) (2018) Sustainable Development Goals in the Republic of Korea, London, Routledge, pp. 110-137.
Wang, Xinyuan; Ren, Hongge; Wang, Pu; Yang, Ruixia; Luo, Lei and Cheng, Fulong (2018) A preliminary study on Target 11.4 for UN Sustainable Development Goals, International Journal of Geoheritage and Parks, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 18-24, https://doi.org/10.17149/ijgp.j.issn.2577.4441.2018.02.002
Wendling, Laura A.; Huovila, Aapo; Castell-Rüdenhausen, Malin zu; Hukkalainen, Mari and Airaksinen, Miimu (2018) Benchmarking nature-Based solution and smart city assessment schemes against the Sustainable Development Goal indicator framework, Frontiers in Environmental Science, vol. 6, article 69, pp. 1-18, https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2018.00069
Zinkernagel, Roland; Evans, James and Neij, Lena (2018) Applying the SDGs to cities : business as usual or a new dawn? Sustainability, vol. 10, no. 9, 3201; https://doi.org/10.3390/su10093201

2017
Abubakar, Ismaila Rami and Aina, Yusuf (2017) Transitioning from MDGs to SDGs : towards developing more inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable cities in Nigeria [Paper presented at World Symposium on Sustainability Science Research : Implementing the UN Sustainable Development Goals, Manchester, United Kingdom, 5th – 7th April 2017)
Corbett, Jacqueline and Mellouli, Sehl (2017) Winning the SDG battle in cities : how an integrated information ecosystem can contribute to the achievement of the 2030 sustainable development goals, Information Systems Journal, vol. 27, no. 4, pp. 427-461, https://doi.org/10.1111/isj.12138
Caprotti, Federico; Cowley, Robert; Datta, Ayona; Broto, Vanesa Castán; Gao, Eleanor; Georgeson, Lucien; Herrick, Clare; Odendaal, Nancy and Joss, Simon (2017) The New Urban Agenda : key opportunities and challenges for policy and practice, Urban Research & Practice, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 367-378, https://doi.org/10.1080/17535069.2016.1275618. Also available at ResearchGate
Farha, Leilani and Porter, Bruce (2017) SDG 11 : commodification over community : financialization of the housing sector and its threat to SDG 11 and the right to housing, In: Spotlight on Sustainable Development 2017 : reclaiming policies for the public : privatization, partnerships, corporate capture, and their impact on sustainability and inequality – assessments and alternatives (report by the Civil Society Report on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development), Beirut, Civil Society Reflection Group on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, pp. 105-116
Patel, Zarina; Greyling, Saskia; Simon, David; Arfvidsson, Helen; Moodley, Nishendra; Primo, Natasha and Wright, Carol (2017) Local responses to global sustainability agendas: learning from experimenting with the urban sustainable development goal in Cape Town, Sustainable Science, vol. 12, no. 5, pp. 785-797.
Plessis, Anél du (2017) The readiness of South African law and policy for the pursuit of Sustainable Development Goal 11, Law, Democracy & Development, vol. 17, no 1, pp. 239-262, http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ldd.v21i1.12
Teferi, Zafu Assefa and Newman, Peter (2017) Slum regeneration and sustainability : applying the extended metabolism model and the SDGs, Sustainability, vol. 9, no. 12, 2273; https://doi.org/10.3390/su9122273
Zoomers, Annelies; Noorloos, Femke van; Otsuki, Kei; Steel, Griet and Westen, Guusvan (2017) The rush for land in an urbanizing world : from land grabbing toward developing safe, resilient, and sustainable cities and landscapes, World Development, vol. 92, 242-252, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2016.11.016

2016
Arslan, Tulin Vural; Durak, Selan and Aytac, Deniz Ozge (2016) Attaining SDG11 : can sustainability assessment tools be used for improved transformation of neighbourhoods in historic city centers? Natural Resources Forum, vol. 40, no. 4, pp. 180-202, https://doi.org/10.1111/1477-8947.12115
Barnett, Clive and Parnell, Susan (2016) Ideas, implementation and indicators : epistemologies of the post-2015 urban agenda, Environment & Urbanization, vol. 28, 1, pp. 87-98, https://doi.org/10.1177/0956247815621473
Cibrario, Daria (2016) SDG 11 : Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable : Towards a New Urban Agenda, In: Spotlight on Sustainable Development 2016 (report by the Civil Society Report on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development), Beirut, Civil Society Reflection Group on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, pp. 87-93
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2015
Breimer, Tikvah; Capra, Carlo and Jachnow, Alexander (2015) Capacity development in the light of an urban Sustainable Development goal – SDG 11 : targets, actors, stakeholders and the kind of capacity we need for our urban future, Rotterdam, Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS)
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2013
Rivera, Manuel and Lagos, Adriana (2013) Establishing a Sustainable Development Goal on cities (IASS policy brief ; 3), Potsdam, Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS)