Pathways to Urban Equality through the Sustainable Development Goals: Modes of Extreme Poverty, Resilience, and Prosperity

Lavell, Allan; McFarlane, Colin; Moore, Henrietta L.; Woodcraft, Saffron; Yap, Christopher

Abstract

There has been a tendency for debates around the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to focus on particular Goals or Targets. What tends to get lost, however, is the bigger picture. In this paper we ask: to what extent and under what conditions do the SDGs offer a pathway to equality? Specifically, we focus on the potentials of the SDGs as a pathway to urban equality in the decade of delivery. We focus on the ways that three key interrelated development agendas, eradicating extreme poverty, promoting prosperity, and building resilience, are mobilised through the SDGs. Together these agendas reveal tensions and opportunities in the relationship between the SDGs and urban equality. In discussion, we reflect on the potentials of an urban equality lens to read the SDGs, and the conditions under which they might contribute to the realisation of fairer and more equal cities.

Citation

Lavell, A., McFarlane, C., Moore, H. L., Woodcraft, S., & Yap, C. (2023). Pathways to Urban Equality through the Sustainable Development Goals: Modes of Extreme Poverty, Resilience, and Prosperity. International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development, 15(1), 215-229. https://doi.org/10.1080/19463138.2023.2226099

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jun 13, 2023
• Online Publication Date: Jun 22, 2023
• Publication Date: 2023
• Deposit Date: Jun 19, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: Jul 26, 2023
• Journal: International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development
• Print ISSN: 1946-3138
• Electronic ISSN: 1946-3146
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis Group
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 15
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 215-229
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/19463138.2023.2226099
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1170738
• Publisher URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/tjue20