URBAN SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

Urbanization has become one of the most important problems characterising the relationships between human ecosystems. Quantification is required with the assistance of appropriate sustainability metrics to assess progress towards sustainable or unsustainable urban development. There is general ignorance about contextual significance and understanding the idea of sustainability that varies from one country to another and the economic strata of that business. The aim of this review is to mitigate this challenge by identifying key problems facing the production and implementation of sustainability initiatives in the urban context and by proposing remedial recommendations. This describes two broad categories of issues, according to their respective phases of growth and implementation, and three tentative requirements for the application of urban sustainability indicators. In 2015, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and targets for the next 15 years were adopted with the specific aim of introducing a comprehensive strategy for both developing and developed countries to sustainable development. These goals are assumed to be more incorporated into strategy than the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) because, when dealing with globally agreed principles, nations will prioritise the goals and goals over national scales and local circumstances..