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She is the Managing Director of the CIEDES Foundation since 2011 (strategic planning for sustainable development in Malaga, Spain), and an assistant professor at the University of Malaga, Department of Applied Economics( Economic Policy). Research interests: sustainable development planning, governance, socio-economic development models, and spatial and regional economy. A PhD student at the Economy and Commerce Program at University of Malaga (since 2018) and a visiting researcher in Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (2019) and Politecnico di Milano (2021). A member of the scientific committee of CIFAL-UNITAR in Malaga (since 2017) and the Regional Science Association International (RSAI).
The 2030 Agenda highlights the importance of governance to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). However, we observe that there is an underestimation of the governance dimension in the SDG indices. The reasons are twofold. Firstly, indices assign a lower weight to governance compared to the other dimensions of sustainability. Secondly, most governance indicators do not measure the relational dynamics that underlie sustainable development policies. The aim of this study is thus to provide alternative methods for a more accurate assessment of the governance dimension in the frame of the 2030 Agenda. With this purpose, we examine the performance of 100 Spanish cities on the SDGs included in the first report elaborated by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network Spain in 2018. Using this data, we first develop a methodology to rebalance the current underestimation of the governance dimension, comparing its impact on the SDG performance of these cities. Secondly, we build a new indicator of ‘Strategic Culture’ to get a more accurate measure of governance in urban contexts. As a result, the study validates the proposed methods and provides evidence that better performance on sustainable development is favored by the implementation of strategic planning processes.
Carmen García-Peña; Moneyba González-Medina; Jose Diaz-Sarachaga. Assessment of the Governance Dimension in the Frame of the 2030 Agenda: Evidence from 100 Spanish Cities. Sustainability 2021, 13, 5519 .
AMA StyleCarmen García-Peña, Moneyba González-Medina, Jose Diaz-Sarachaga. Assessment of the Governance Dimension in the Frame of the 2030 Agenda: Evidence from 100 Spanish Cities. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (10):5519.
Chicago/Turabian StyleCarmen García-Peña; Moneyba González-Medina; Jose Diaz-Sarachaga. 2021. "Assessment of the Governance Dimension in the Frame of the 2030 Agenda: Evidence from 100 Spanish Cities." Sustainability 13, no. 10: 5519.