Towards prosperous sustainable cities: A multiscalar urban sustainability assessment approach

Tan Yigitcanlar; Fatih Dur; Didem Dizdaroglu

doi:10.1016/j.habitatint.2014.06.033

Towards prosperous sustainable cities: A multiscalar urban sustainability assessment approach

Tan Yigitcanlar^*, Fatih Dur, Didem Dizdaroglu

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Prosperity and environmental sustainability of cities are inextricably linked. Cities can only maintain their prosperity when environmental and social objectives are fully integrated with economic goals. Sustainability assessment helps policy-makers decide what actions they should and should not take to make our cities more sustainable. There are numerous models available for measuring and evaluating urban sustainability; they focus their analysis on a specific scale-i.e., micro, mezzo, or macro. In most cases, these results are inadequate for the other scales, though generating reliable results for that particular scale. The paper introduces a multiscalar urban sustainability approach by linking two sustainability assessment models evaluate sustainability performances in micro- and mezzo-levels and generate multiscalar results for the macro-level. The paper tests this approach in Gold Coast, Australia, and sheds light on the development of a more accurate sustainability analysis that may be interconnected with UN-Habitat's City Prosperity Index.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	36-46
Number of pages	11
Journal	Habitat International
Volume	45
Issue number	P1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2014.06.033
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2015
Externally published	Yes

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© 2014 Elsevier Ltd.

Funding

This paper is an outcome of an Australian Research Council Linkage Project ( ARC-LP0882637 ), jointly funded by the Commonwealth Government of Australia , Gold Coast City Council , Queensland Transport and Main Roads , and Queensland University of Technology (QUT). The authors wish to acknowledge the contribution of the project partners, research team and expert panel members. The authors also cordially thank the guest editor Prof Gary Sands for inviting us to contribute to the special issue and providing invaluable feedback that helped us improve the manuscript.

Funders	Funder number
Gold Coast City Council
Queensland Transport and Main Roads
Australian Government
Australian Research Council	ARC-LP0882637
Queensland University of Technology

Keywords

City prosperity
Multiscalar approach
Sustainability indicators
Sustainable urban development
Urban sustainability assessment

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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