An analysis of Sustainable Development Goals in Italian cities: Performance measurements and policy implications

D’Adamo, Idiano ^[1] ; Gastaldi, Massimo ^[2] ; Ioppolo, Giuseppe ^[3] ; Morone, Piergiuseppe ^[4]
1. [1] Università de Roma La Sapienza
  
  Università de Roma La Sapienza
  
  Roma Capitale, Italia
2. [2] University of L'Aquila
  
  University of L'Aquila
  
  L'Aquila, Italia
3. [3] University of Messina
  
  University of Messina
  
  Mesina, Italia
4. [4] Department of Law and Economics, UnitelmaSapienza – University of Rome, Viale Regina Elena 295, 00161 Roma, Italy
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Localización: Land use policy: The International Journal Covering All Aspects of Land Use, ISSN 0264-8377, ISSN-e 1873-5754, Nº. 120, 2022
Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
- The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aim to achieve a more inclusive, resilient, safe and sustainable society. Policy makers, together with entrepreneurs and citizens, are called to a great challenge to optimize land use. This work, through a multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA), aims at comparing the sustainability of 103 Italian cities through the evaluation of 45 SDGs’ indicators, ranking cities on the base of their performance. Results show strong disparities across Italy with three northern cities at the top of the ranking and many southern cities at the bottom. The analysis then creates a framework based on experts’ view composed of 21 criteria that would facilitate the development of a sustainability plan. A hybrid methodology based on the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and the 10-point scale is used to rank among the criteria. Selected experts underlined how sustainable policy and green investment are enabling factors of sustainable cities, but political stability and streamlined public spending are also essential to achieve this goal. The analysis offers insights for different categories of stakeholders and invites to measure and monitor the progress of cities towards SDGs proposing eight directions (policy, economy, operations, environment, organization, staff, society and human).