New International Resources: Urbanisation, Sustainability and Goal 11 of the SDGs

More on Goal 11 of the SDGs:

http://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals/

UN "The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2017"
 

Resources on South Africa and Africa

• A Framework for Local Action on Climate Change

• AU “Agenda 2063: the Africa we want”

• AU Economic Commission for Africa; ADB and UNDP “2017 Africa Sustainable Development Report"

• African Development Bank Group et al "African Economic Outlook 2016: Sustainable Cities and Structural Transformation"

• Building the City of Cape Town’s Resilience and Adding to Regional Competitiveness

• Chakwizira et al “Some Missing Dimensions of Urban Public Transport in Africa: Insights and Perspectives from South Africa”

• Cities Alliance et al "Reforming Urban Laws in Africa: A Practical Guide"

• City of Cape Town Preliminary Resilience Assessment

• City of Cape Town ranked top SA metro for doing business

• COGTA “An Urban Approach to Safety and Integrated Urban Development in South Africa: Knowledge and Policy Review” 

• Heinrich Böll Foundation “What are Sustainable African Cities?” 

• SACN “Planning for Green Infrastructure: Options for South African Cities”  

• SACN “State of Urban Safety in South Africa Report 2016”

• SACN “State of Cities Report 2016”  

• SACN “Synthesis Report: State of Water in Cities”

• SACN 'Urban Land Paper Series Vol 2 2017

• SACN “Use of Energy Performance Contracting by Municipalities in South Africa: A tool to enhance implementation of energy efficiency in municipal buildings”

• Swilling et al “Cape Town 2025: A City of Sustainable Neighbourhoods”

• Reforming Urban Laws in Africa: A Practical Guide

• Water as a Component of Cape Town Resilience

Resources on Germany and Europe

• 8th European Conference on Sustainable Cities and Towns “The Basque Declaration”

• Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety “National Urban Development Policy”

• Federal Statistical Office “Sustainable Development in Germany: Indicator Report 2014”

• Informal Meeting of EU Ministers Responsible for Urban Matters “Urban Agenda for the EU”

• Siemens “German Green City Index”

• The Federal Government “Report of the German Federal Government to the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development 2016”

Other useful resources

• 100 Resilient Cities

• A City that Plans: Reinventing Urban Planning

• Allen, Lampis and Swilling “Untamed Urbanism”

• Allen “Sustainable cities or sustainable urbanisation”

• Arcadis “Sustainable Cities Index 2015”

• Arcadis “Sustainable Cities Index 2016”

• Big Shake up for Small Dorpies

• Building the world's smart sustainable cities together

• Climate Summit of Local and Regional Leaders “The Bonn-Fiji Commitment of Local and Regional Leaders to Deliver the Paris Agreement At All Levels”

• Danish Architecture Centre "Sustainable Cities - Themes"

• Delivering SDGs at local and regional level

• Developing Prosperous and Inclusive Cities in Africa

• Developing new and better approaches to planning is vital for the future of our cities

• Engelke “The Security of Cities: Ecology and Conflict on an Urbanizing Planet”

• Finance for City Leaders Handbook

• GIZ "The 2030 Agenda: Sustainable Urbanisation and the Research-Policy Interface - Issues for the G20"\

• Habitat III “The New Urban Agenda”

• ICLEI “Resilient Cities Report 2016”

• ICLEI Resilient Cities Report 2017

• ICLEI Resilient Cities Report 2018

• IIED "Developing city resilience strategies: lessons from the ICLEI–ACCCRN process"

• IIED "Money where it matters: Financing the Sustainable Development Goals and Paris Agreement through local finance"

• IISD "Review Panel Proposes Strengthening UN-Habitat, Establishing ‘UN-Urban’"

• Joss, S et al “Tomorrow’s City Today: Prospects for standardising sustainable urban development”

• Local Implementation of the SDGs & the New Urban Agenda

• New urban agenda through urban and territorial planning

• Parnell S "Defining a Global Urban Development Agenda" 2016 Vol 78 World Development 529-540 (subscription needed)

• Report of Roundtable on SDG 11 on Sustainable Cities and Communities

• Review of SDGs implementation: SDG 11

• Safe Cities “The Safe City Index 2015”

• SCI “Indicators for Sustainability: How cities are monitoring and evaluating their success”

• SDSN “Getting started with the SDGs in Cities: a Guide for Stakeholders”

• SDSN “The Urban Opportunity”

• Simon “Rethinking Sustainable Cities”

• Smart Cities Study 2017

• Successful, safe and sustainable cities: towards a New Urban Agenda

• Sustainable Future for Human Security Society, Cities and Governance

• Swilling et al ”City-Level Decoupling: Urban resource flows and the governance of Infrastructure transitions - summary for policy makers”

• The Sustainable Development Goals what local governments need to know

• The way forward for councillors and inept municipalities

• Think globally, act locally: Implementing the sustainable development goals in Montenegro

• UCLG "The Sustainable Development Goals: What Local Governments Need to Know"

• UN Task Team on Habitat III “Safer Cities”

• UN-Habitat “World Cities Report 2016”

• UN-Habitat “Safer Cities Programme”

• UN-Habitat “Sustainable Urban Energy Planning: A handbook for cities and towns in developing countries”

• UN-Habitat “The Challenge of Local Government Financing in Developing Countries”

• UN-Habitat “The New Urban Agenda”

• UNDESA “Sustainable Development Goal 11”

• UNDESA “World Economic and Social Survey 2013: Sustainable Development Challenges”

• UNDESA “World Economic and Social Survey 2016: Climate Change Resilience”

• UNEP “Sustainable, Resource Efficient Cities – Make it Happen!

• UN “Mobilizing Sustainable Transport for Development: Analysis and Policy Recommendations from the United Nations Secretary General’s High-Level Advisory Group on Sustainable Transport”

• UN World Water Assessment Programme “The United Nations World Water Development Report 2017. Wastewater - The Untapped Resource”

• Urban Planet: Knowledge towards Sustainable Cities

• World Bank on Cities and Climate Change