Urban Big Data and Sustainable Development Goals: Challenges and Opportunities
Cities are perhaps one of the most challenging and yet enabling arenas for sustainable development goals. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) emphasize the need to monitor each goal through objective targets and indicators based on common denominators in the ability of countries to collect and...
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doaj-a6fac5b90f6e4ef9a1c1af8acc40b1ae2020-11-24T20:59:10ZengMDPI AGSustainability2071-10502016-12-01812129310.3390/su8121293su8121293Urban Big Data and Sustainable Development Goals: Challenges and OpportunitiesAli Kharrazi0Hua Qin1Yi Zhang2Graduate School of Public Policy, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, JapanDivision of Applied Social Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211, USAInstitute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, ChinaCities are perhaps one of the most challenging and yet enabling arenas for sustainable development goals. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) emphasize the need to monitor each goal through objective targets and indicators based on common denominators in the ability of countries to collect and maintain relevant standardized data. While this approach is aimed at harmonizing the SDGs at the national level, it presents unique challenges and opportunities for the development of innovative urban-level metrics through big data innovations. In this article, we make the case for advancing more innovative targets and indicators relevant to the SDGs through the emergence of urban big data. We believe that urban policy-makers are faced with unique opportunities to develop, experiment, and advance big data practices relevant to sustainable development. This can be achieved by situating the application of big data innovations through developing mayoral institutions for the governance of urban big data, advancing the culture and common skill sets for applying urban big data, and investing in specialized research and education programs.http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/8/12/1293urban big datasustainable development goalsbig data public policySDG targets and indicatorsbig data research and education |
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Urban Big Data and Sustainable Development Goals: Challenges and Opportunities |
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Urban Big Data and Sustainable Development Goals: Challenges and Opportunities |
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Cities are perhaps one of the most challenging and yet enabling arenas for sustainable development goals. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) emphasize the need to monitor each goal through objective targets and indicators based on common denominators in the ability of countries to collect and maintain relevant standardized data. While this approach is aimed at harmonizing the SDGs at the national level, it presents unique challenges and opportunities for the development of innovative urban-level metrics through big data innovations. In this article, we make the case for advancing more innovative targets and indicators relevant to the SDGs through the emergence of urban big data. We believe that urban policy-makers are faced with unique opportunities to develop, experiment, and advance big data practices relevant to sustainable development. This can be achieved by situating the application of big data innovations through developing mayoral institutions for the governance of urban big data, advancing the culture and common skill sets for applying urban big data, and investing in specialized research and education programs. |
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urban big data sustainable development goals big data public policy SDG targets and indicators big data research and education |
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