Using analytical network process (ANP) to align Sustainable Development Goals with slum upgrading projects: the case of Medellin

• Autores: Newsha Salari, Leandro Madrazo
• Localización: Arquitectonics : mind, land & society, ISSN 1579-4431, Nº. 34, 2023, págs. 165-182
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Modern cities currently face significant slum sprawl, resulting from the natural growth of the urban population combined with rural migration worldwide. The United Nations Member States are committed to establishing sustainable, innovative, and responsive cities worldwide. With this purpose, the UN established the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015, a set of 17 goals, 169 targets, and 231 indicators that aim to promote action to eradicate poverty, protect the planet, and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity. As stated in SDG number 11, “As the world becomes increasingly urbanized, many countries face growing numbers of slum dwellers, worsening air quality and insufficient basic urban services and infrastructure”. In fact, slums are a significant obstacle to achieving sustainable goals due to a lack of access to safe water, inadequate sanitation and other infrastructure, poor strutural quality of housing, overcrowding, and insecure residential status. Nowadays, as a result of the high number of slum dwellers and the resulting social, economic, and environmental problems, slums remain an unresolved problem all over the world. In our research, we used desktop research to determine the causes and characteristics of slums and an analytic network process (ANP) to identify and analyse the various links between SDGs and slum characteristics using the slum upgrading programme in Medellin, in Colombia, as a case study. The ANP methodology findings show which SDGs are more connected with slum sustainability and should be addressed in future planning