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9 Citations
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Assessment of Localized Targets of Sustainable Development Goals and Future Development on Hainan Island

  • Xinyi Zhang,
  • Li Zhang,
  • Linyan Bai,
  • Jingjuan Liao and ,
  • Bowei Chen and
  • Min Yan
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

24 May 2023

Hainan Island in southern China has strong ecological systems and natural resources relevant to multiple Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The island has been focusing on economic development and building a national park and a free trade port to...

(This article belongs to the Collection Indicators, Assessment Tools, and Rating Systems for Mainstreaming Sustainability in Urban Planning and Development)
  • Article
  • Open Access
74 Citations
20,934 Views
24 Pages

21 September 2016

A key but contentious aspect of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is the means of implementation (MOI). Many developing countries emphasize the importance of international assistance while developed countries focus more on domestic financing and t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue 5th World Sustainability Forum - Selected Papers)
  • Article
  • Open Access
498 Citations
44,015 Views
15 Pages

Mapping the Sustainable Development Goals Relationships

  • Luis Miguel Fonseca,
  • José Pedro Domingues and
  • Alina Mihaela Dima

20 April 2020

Sustainable development addresses humanity’s aspiration for a better life while observing the limitations imposed by nature. In 2015, the United Nations General Assembly approved the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with the aim to foste...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Business Models and Innovation in the Knowledge Economy/Business Revolution in the Digital Era- Selected Papers from the 13th and 14th International Conference on Business Excellence)
  • Article
  • Open Access
78 Citations
16,303 Views
15 Pages

The Sustainable Development Goals: An Experience on Higher Education

  • Bárbara Crespo,
  • Carla Míguez-Álvarez,
  • María Elena Arce,
  • Miguel Cuevas and
  • José Luis Míguez

1 August 2017

Sustainable development is acquiring high attendance in higher education. In fact, one of the targets for the Sustainable Development Goals announced by the United Nations in September 2015 aims to ensure that all learners acquire the knowledge and s...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Education and Approaches)
  • Communication
  • Open Access
36 Citations
3,715 Views
10 Pages

27 November 2022

Road information plays a fundamental role in many applications. However, at present, it is difficult to extract road information from the traditional nighttime light images in view of their low spatial and spectral resolutions. To fill the gap in hig...

(This article belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
7,591 Views
21 Pages

16 August 2022

The rapid deterioration of ecosystems and the growing impacts of climate change, which is expected to increase the average global temperature by 3–6 degrees Celsius by 2100 according to The Paris Agreement, reveals that sustainability is no lon...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue To Practice Sustainability in Architecture and Urbanism: Contemporary Approaches)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
1,238 Views
10 Pages

14 March 2025

The 29th Conference of the Parties (COP 29) occurred in Baku, Azerbaijan, in November 2024. The conference’s central topic was Sustainable Development Goal 13 (Climate Action). It has been said that COP 29 developed into a “climate financ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
81 Citations
22,849 Views
12 Pages

23 October 2018

The contribution of the present research is to link the global consensus in international legal scholarship on the principle of intergenerational equity to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The methodology used is, first, to provide a literat...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainability and Ethics: Reflections on the UN Sustainable Development Goals)
  • Article
  • Open Access
114 Citations
13,972 Views
10 Pages

11 February 2019

The United Nations adopted the Agenda 2030 with its core element, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in September 2015. In order to achieve these goals within the coming years, intense efforts are required by all political and societal acto...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Role of Forests for Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG))
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
8,359 Views
22 Pages

Integration of the Sustainable Development Goals into a Regional Development Plan in Indonesia

  • Anggi Aran Putra,
  • Hayati Sari Hasibuan,
  • Rudy Parluhutan Tambunan and
  • Lisa Meidiyanti Lautetu

22 November 2024

This study is about understanding how the values of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are integrated into regional development strategies in Indonesia. The aim of this research is to analyze the connection between the principles of the SDGs an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
5,898 Views
17 Pages

24 August 2022

The aim of this paper is to determine the level of knowledge of the categories of sustainable development and consumers’ attitudes towards concept, assumptions, and principles of sustainable development in Polish society. The article also attem...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
7,454 Views
18 Pages

7 September 2022

Game-based learning has been regarded as one of the best ways to raise public awareness of important issues. It is also a feasible strategy. The promotion of sustainable development education is not limited to schools as the issue of sustainability i...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Effectiveness of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in Kindergarten, School and University: Empirical Educational Research Perspectives)
  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
7,560 Views
19 Pages

22 February 2016

The target date in 2015 for the United Nation’s Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) was reached, and a new period of global goals for the post-2015 is dawning. To assess whether and how regional progress towards achieving the MDGs has contributed to...

(This article belongs to the Section Environmental Sustainability and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
63 Citations
15,813 Views
24 Pages

Synergies and Trade-Offs in Reaching the Sustainable Development Goals

  • Håvard Hegre,
  • Kristina Petrova and
  • Nina von Uexkull

21 October 2020

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted in 2015 integrate diverse issues such as addressing hunger, gender equality and clean energy and set a common agenda for all United Nations member states until 2030. The 17 SDGs interact and by working...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Economic and Financial Challenges for Social and Environmental Sustainability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,687 Views
9 Pages

2 January 2020

In 2015, the leaders of all the UN’s Member States agreed to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals and their 169 associated targets address five areas of critical importance: people, planet, prosperit...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fuzzy Mathematics Applied to Science, Engineering and Sustainability Issues)
  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
10,546 Views
16 Pages

Sport and Sustainable Development Goals in Spain

  • Javier Campillo-Sánchez,
  • Eduardo Segarra-Vicens,
  • Vicente Morales-Baños and
  • Arturo Díaz-Suárez

22 March 2021

Sport is a valuable tool for sustainable development. This is recognized in the Kazan Action Plan, in the 2030 Agenda, itself, and in the Action Plan for its implementation in Spain. In order to broaden the scope of the Sustainable Development Goals...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Contributions of the SDGs as Drivers of Sustainability through Physical Activity and Sport)
  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
7,003 Views
18 Pages

Analyzing the Scientific Evolution of the Sustainable Development Goals

  • Carmen Díaz-López,
  • Cathaysa Martín-Blanco,
  • Juan Jesús De la Torre Bayo,
  • Benito Rubio-Rivera and
  • Montserrat Zamorano

7 September 2021

Development must balance social, economic, and environmental sustainability; it is for this reason that the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are integrated, in fact, action in one of them will affect outcomes in others. In consequence, research o...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Status of the Sustainable Development Goals: Achievements and Expectations)
  • Review
  • Open Access
322 Citations
139,575 Views
16 Pages

13 December 2019

Sustainable development (SD) has become a fundamental strategy to guide the world’s social and economic transformation. However, in the process of practice, there are still misinterpretations in regards to the theory of SD. Such misinterpretati...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
13,515 Views
15 Pages

Integration and Diffusion in Sustainable Development Goals: Learning from the Past, Looking into the Future

  • Norichika Kanie,
  • Naoya Abe,
  • Masahiko Iguchi,
  • Jue Yang and ,
  • Ngeta Kabiri,
  • Yuto Kitamura,
  • Shunsuke Mangagi,
  • Ikuho Miyazawa,
  • Simon Olsen and
  • Yuka Hayakawa
  • + 8 authors+ 3 authors

3 April 2014

One of the next major challenges for research and policy on sustainability is setting the post-2015 Development Agenda. This challenge arises as a direct result of the formal ending of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in 2015 and as an outcome...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Development Goals)
  • Article
  • Open Access
144 Citations
25,887 Views
17 Pages

24 January 2014

This paper argues that sustainable consumption and production (SCP) should play a prominent role in the formulation and implementation of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) and discusses how this could be practically done. Unsustainable pattern...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Development Goals)
  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
6,183 Views
33 Pages

Assessment of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Implementation in Bulgaria and Future Developments

  • George H. Ionescu,
  • Elena Jianu,
  • Ioana C. Patrichi,
  • Florin Ghiocel and ,
  • Lili Țenea and
  • Delia Iancu
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

29 October 2021

The European Union has taken on the role of global leader in implementing the Sustainable Development Goals set out in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, making substantial efforts to support this ambitious approach at the level of each Mem...

  • Article
  • Open Access
65 Citations
10,169 Views
21 Pages

The Unexplored Contribution of Responsible Innovation in Health to Sustainable Development Goals

  • Pascale Lehoux,
  • Hudson Pacifico Silva,
  • Renata Pozelli Sabio and
  • Federico Roncarolo

2 November 2018

Responsible Innovation in Health (RIH) represents an emerging Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) approach that could support not only the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) “Good health and well-being” but also other SDGs. Since few...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Engineering and Science)
  • Review
  • Open Access
71 Citations
12,000 Views
26 Pages

Sustainable Development Goals in the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Narrative Review

  • Vicente Javier Clemente-Suárez,
  • Stephanie Rodriguez-Besteiro,
  • Juan José Cabello-Eras,
  • Alvaro Bustamante-Sanchez and ,
  • Eduardo Navarro-Jiménez,
  • Macarena Donoso-Gonzalez,
  • Ana Isabel Beltrán-Velasco and
  • Jose Francisco Tornero-Aguilera
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

24 June 2022

The present narrative review aimed to analyze the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the sustainable development goals (SDGS). This information would allow a better comprehension of the actual state of the SDGS and a more efficient programming in fut...

(This article belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
8,436 Views
28 Pages

9 January 2024

Perhaps the largest lesson in our time is to teach students how to sustain our world’s resources while improving well-being for people all over the world. Integrating the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with the curriculum for K-12 educati...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Education and Approaches)
  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,144 Views
7 Pages

Sustainable Development Goals in Mine Tailings Management: Targets and Indicators

  • Natalia Araya,
  • Oscar Mamani Quiñonez,
  • Luis A. Cisternas and
  • Andrzej Kraslawski

Minerals and metals are essential to the economic and social development of our society, and they are critical to modern life. The continuous exploitation of mineral resources has led to a large amount of waste, which has a large impact on the enviro...

(This article belongs to the Proceedings of International Conference on Raw Materials and Circular Economy)
  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,588 Views
16 Pages

13 December 2023

The strategic plans of universities have an important role in enabling HEIs to contribute to sustainability transitions. To address the current lack of studies in HEIs in Türkiye, this paper aims to determine how universities in Türkiye int...

(This article belongs to the Topic Sustainability and Universities: Their Contribution to Reach the 17th SDGs)
  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
5,646 Views
12 Pages

Innovation as the Backbone of Sustainable Development Goals

  • Adoración Mozas-Moral,
  • Enrique Bernal-Jurado,
  • Domingo Fernández-Uclés and
  • Miguel Jesús Medina-Viruel

10 June 2020

This paper focuses on the achievement of one of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) through the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in Social Economy enterprises. Specifically, this research studies which are the conditioning...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Contribution of the Social Economy to the Sustainable Development Goals)
  • Article
  • Open Access
62 Citations
6,411 Views
23 Pages

14 December 2021

The 17 sustainable development goals proposed in the 2030 sustainable development agenda are the shared vision of all humanity. The core of achieving the sustainable development goals is to ensure grain security. Although financial inclusion is not s...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Economy and Sociology in Sustainable Agriculture)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,338 Views
18 Pages

Promoting and Prioritizing the Sustainable Development Goals in Young People

  • Lorena Mulero,
  • Dolors Grau,
  • Jordi Cunill,
  • Anna Fàbregas and
  • Josep M. Rossell

10 December 2024

This project studies how to raise awareness of the environment and sustainability among secondary school students. The goal is for them to become aware of their role in transforming the world, in order to integrate the Sustainable Development Goals (...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,249 Views
23 Pages

16 December 2025

Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) hinges critically on extensive international cooperation. However, the extent and evolution of such cooperation at the global level, along with the relative synergy contributions of different country...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue A Quantitative Analysis and Interdisciplinary Approach to the Sustainable Development Goals)
  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
7,228 Views
22 Pages

The implementation of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals in the urban centres of the world is one of the most consequential and ambitious projects that the nations of the world have undertaken. Guidance for achieving the goals in an integra...

  • Article
  • Open Access
81 Citations
17,390 Views
31 Pages

Implementation of the 2030 Agenda Sustainable Development Goals in Spain

  • Alejandra Boto-Álvarez and
  • Roberto García-Fernández

24 March 2020

This paper examines the implementation status of sustainable development goals (SDG) in Spain and explores the extent to which the country will be able to meet European standards in sustainability by the year 2030 within the current regulation and pr...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Taxation and Sustainability)
  • Communication
  • Open Access
38 Citations
11,910 Views
15 Pages

Challenges of Mapping Sustainable Development Goals Indicators Data

  • Menno Jan Kraak,
  • Britta Ricker and
  • Yuri Engelhardt

The global population is growing at an incomprehensible rate and with it come complex environmental consequences that often result in social injustices. The United Nations has established a set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in an attempt to...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Geo-Information and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs))
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,427 Views
15 Pages

26 January 2023

The 17 Sustainable Development Goals offer a comprehensive framework for extensive development actions. The purpose of this study is to explore the patterns of perception of the relative importance of the goals. Although the interrelations between th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,324 Views
12 Pages

28 July 2021

Recent failures in COVID-19 prevention and control in some of the richest countries raise questions about the relevance of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the fight against pandemics. To examine this issue, we adopted the measure of countries...

(This article belongs to the Collection Public Health and Social Science on COVID-19)
  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
8,930 Views
22 Pages

21 September 2018

Almost a decade since the establishment of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+), this study investigates the extent to which REDD+ projects are delivering on the promise of co-benefits and the elusive ‘triple-win’...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Performance of REDD+: From Global Governance to Local Practices)
  • Article
  • Open Access
68 Citations
16,468 Views
14 Pages

Potential Trade-Offs between the Sustainable Development Goals in Coastal Bangladesh

  • Craig W. Hutton,
  • Robert J. Nicholls,
  • Attila N. Lázár,
  • Alex Chapman and ,
  • Marije Schaafsma and
  • Mashfiqus Salehin
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

8 April 2018

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are offered as a comprehensive strategy to guide and encourage sustainable development at multiple scales both nationally and internationally. Furthermore, through the development of indicators associated with...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainability and Ethics: Reflections on the UN Sustainable Development Goals)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
5,334 Views
10 Pages

18 May 2021

This paper investigates the charitable giving of Chinese firms from the perspectives of four sustainable development goals (SDGs), including Economy, Operation, Harmony, and Management. By converting corporate financial data into four independent var...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Business Strategies concerning the Sustainable Development Goals and the SDG Compass)
  • Commentary
  • Open Access
86 Citations
14,623 Views
6 Pages

9 December 2016

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 denomi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
98 Citations
12,145 Views
20 Pages

Sustainable Development Goals and Education: A Bibliometric Mapping Analysis

  • Esther Prieto-Jiménez,
  • Luis López-Catalán,
  • Blanca López-Catalán and
  • Guillermo Domínguez-Fernández

17 February 2021

The 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda sets out 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aimed at improving life in all its dimensions, covering all sectors, with a particular emphasis on education. The study presented here focuses on universities as...

(This article belongs to the Collection Sustainable Citizenship and Education)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,807 Views
18 Pages

The Sustainable Development Goals Psychological Inventory (SDGPI) is a recently developed self-report questionnaire that assesses interest, motivation, and self-efficacy associated with each of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) advanced by...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The 2nd Edition of Rethinking Work in the Digital Era to Protect the Environment and Promote Health)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,876 Views
14 Pages

22 July 2022

It is well-acknowledged that organizational sustainability largely depends on employees’ innovative behavior, which is the same case with higher education institutions. This study aimed to explore the characteristics of and relationships betwee...

  • Article
  • Open Access
32 Citations
5,533 Views
12 Pages

An Empirical Analysis of Synergies and Tradeoffs between Sustainable Development Goals

  • Judith M. Ament,
  • Robin Freeman,
  • Chris Carbone,
  • Anna Vassall and
  • Charlotte Watts

13 October 2020

The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represent a universal agenda that nations have committed to achieving by 2030. The challenge is substantial, with no country excelling across all SDGs. Using global UN data, we assess patterns of positive a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
41 Citations
6,034 Views
25 Pages

11 November 2020

In this study, we conduct an exploratory study with the aim to investigate whether the type of entrepreneurial activity contributes to the achievement of sustainable development goals (SDGs) in its five dimensions (people, prosperity, planet, peace,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
987 Views
23 Pages

A Study on Sustainable Development Goals in Foreign Language Teaching Sets

  • Furkan Sallabaş,
  • Talat Aytan,
  • Suat Ungan and
  • Gökhan Güneş

7 April 2026

Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) plays a vital role in addressing global sustainability changes, and foreign language teaching may contribute to this process. Nevertheless, studies on the incorporation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Education and Approaches)
  • Article
  • Open Access
142 Citations
44,754 Views
31 Pages

2 April 2019

Sustainable development is critical to ensure the future of humanity. Therefore, the assessment and governance of sustainability becomes a central challenge our society is facing. This paper provides a novel ICT framework for addressing sustainable d...

  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
4,717 Views
11 Pages

Quality of Education and Science in the Context of Sustainable Development Goals—From Millennium Goals to Agenda 2030: Factors of Innovation Activity and Socio-Economic Impact

  • Artem Artyukhov,
  • Iurii Volk,
  • Agnieszka Surowiec,
  • Sylwia Skrzypek-Ahmed and ,
  • Kseniia Bliumska-Danko,
  • Oleksandr Dluhopolskyi and
  • Volodymyr Shablystyi
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

13 September 2022

The relevance of the analysis of Sustainable Development Goals is based on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The purpose of the study is to create a model of management/regulation of the quality of education and scientific research systems...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Organizations and Their Products in a Turbulent Environment)
  • Article
  • Open Access
94 Citations
14,204 Views
30 Pages

Achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDG): Implementation of the 2030 Agenda in Romania

  • Daniela Firoiu,
  • George H. Ionescu,
  • Anca Băndoi,
  • Nicoleta Mihaela Florea and
  • Elena Jianu

11 April 2019

Romania needs a change of the current development paradigm to face the challenges of the 21st century. As a member of the European Union, leaders in Romania are is interested in implementing the principles of sustainable development at a national lev...

(This article belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
82 Citations
15,193 Views
24 Pages

9 April 2021

Previous studies indicated that K-12 teachers generally felt reluctant to incorporate sustainable development in their teaching due to a lack of skills, knowledge and interest, particularly language teachers. This qualitative case study, grounded in...

(This article belongs to the Collection Teacher Professional Development in ESD)
  • Article
  • Open Access
43 Citations
5,766 Views
23 Pages

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Latin-American Universities

  • Paulo Guilherme Fuchs,
  • Carla Patrícia Finatto,
  • Robert Samuel Birch,
  • Ana Regina de Aguiar Dutra and
  • José Baltazar Salgueirinho Osório de Andrade Guerra

25 May 2023

Higher education institutions (HEIs) are notable promoters of sustainable development (SD). Thus, it is understood that the sustainable development goals 2015–2030 (SDGs) need to be substantially operationalized in these institutions. Based on...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Climate Change Education and Sustainability Learning)

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