65
could work as well in other countries. Given the
scale of the global sustainability challenges
before us, developing these scalable and integrated local solutions may indeed provide a
much-needed reason for hope.
Disclosure Statement The authors are grateful that part
of the work that contributed to this chapter was funded by
Mitacs Accelerate
8 (project numbers IT09978 and
IT09305).
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Assoc
66(December):21–33.
https://doi.
org/10.1080/01944360008976081
Caprotti F, Cowley R, Datta A, Broto VC, Gao E,
Georgeson L et al (2017) The new urban agenda: key
opportunities and challenges for policy and practice.
Urban Res Pract 10(3):367–378. https://doi.org/10.10
80/17535069.2016.1275618
City of Maple Ridge (2014) Maple Ridge Official
Community Plan. Retrieved from https://www.
mapleridge.ca/316/Official-Community-Plan
City of Maple Ridge (n.d.) City of Maple Ridge
Scorecards. Retrieved January 16, 2019, from https://
www.mapleridge.ca/787/Scorecards
Clarke A (2012) Green municipal fund passing go: moving beyond the plan. Ottawa
Daly HE (2005) Economics in a full world. Sci
Am
293(3):100–107.
https://doi.org/10.1038/
scientificamerican0905-100
District of North Vancouver (2011) The District of North
Vancouver Official Community Plan. Retrieved from
https://www.dnv.org/property-and-development/
our-official-community-plan-ocp
Dodds F, Donoghue D, Leiva Roesch J (2017) Negotiating
the sustainable development goals. Routledge,
Abingdon/Oxon/New York
Girardet H (2015) Creating regenerative cities. Routledge,
Abingdon/Oxon/New York
Hamstead MP, Quinn MS (2005) Sustainable community development and ecological economics: theoretical convergence and practical implications. Local
Environ: Int J Justice Sustain 10(2):141–158. https://
doi.org/10.1080/1354983052000330743
8 Mitacs is a national, not-for-profit organization that
builds partnerships to support research and training for
industrial and social innovation in Canada. Mitacs
Accelerate supports the development of research projects
that benefit both graduate students or postdocs and partner
organizations. For more information: https://www.mitacs.
ca/en/programs/accelerate
Harcourt W (2005) The millennium development goals: a
missed opportunity? Development 48(1):1–4. https://
doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.development.1100117
Hermans FLP, Haarmann WMF, Dagevos JFLMM (2011)
Evaluation of stakeholder participation in monitoring regional sustainable development. Reg Environ
Chang
11(4):805–815.
https://doi.org/10.1007/
s10113-011-0216-y
James P (2015) Urban sustainability in theory and practice | circles of sustainability. Earthscan Publications
Ltd, Abingdon/Oxon/New York
Joss S, Cowley R, De Jong M, Müller B, Park BS, Rees
WE et al (2015) Tomorrow’s City today: prospects
for standardising sustainable urban development.
University of Westminster, London
Kanie N, Abe N, Iguchi M, Yang J, Kabiri N, Kitamura
Y et al (2014) Integration and diffusion in sustainable
development goals: learning from the past, looking
into the future. Sustainability 6(4):1761–1775. https://
doi.org/10.3390/su6041761
Kanuri C, Revi A, Espey J, Kuhle H (2016) Getting started
with the SDGs in cities – a guide for stakeholders (UN
SDSN). Retrieved from http://unsdsn.org/resources/
publications/getting-started-with-the-sdgs-in-cities/
Meadows DH, Meadows DL, Randers J (1992) Beyond
the limits: global collapse or a sustainable future.
Earthscan Publications Ltd, London
Meerow S, Newell JP, Stults M (2016) Defining urban
resilience: a review. Landsc Urban Plan 147:38–49.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2015.11.011
Mesa N, Edquist M, Espey J (2019) A pathway to sustainable American cities: a guide to implementing the
SDGs
Meth P (2013) Millennium development goals and urban
informal settlements: unintended consequences. Int
Dev Plan Rev 35(1):v–xiii. https://doi.org/10.3828/
idpr.2013.1
Moreno Pires S, Magee L, Holden M (2017) Learning
from community indicators movements: towards
a citizen-powered urban data revolution. Environ
Plan C Polit Space 35(7):1304–1323. https://doi.
org/10.1177/2399654417691512
Nixon, H. (2016). San José: implementing the UN’s sustainable development goals at the local level
Prakash M, Teksoz K, Espey J, Sachs J, Shank M,
Schmidt-Traubaub G (2017) Achieving a Sustainable
Urban America. Retrieved from http://unsdsn.org/
resources/publications/us-cities-sdg-index/
Province of British Columbia (n.d.) Official community plans for local governments. Retrieved August
21, 2019, from https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/
governments/local-governments/planning-land-use/
local-government-planning/official-community-plans
Rockström J (2009) A safe operating space for humanity.
Nature 461(24 September)
Rockström J, Steffen W, Noone K, Chapin FSI, Nykvist
B, de Wit CA et al (2009) Planetary boundaries: exploring the safe operating space for humanity. Ecol Soc 14(2):32. https://doi.org/10.1007/
s13398-014-0173-7.2
5 Making the SDGs Relevant for Cities: Using the Community Capital Tool in British Columbia
could work as well in other countries. Given the
scale of the global sustainability challenges
before us, developing these scalable and integrated local solutions may indeed provide a
much-needed reason for hope.
Disclosure Statement The authors are grateful that part
of the work that contributed to this chapter was funded by
Mitacs Accelerate
8 (project numbers IT09978 and
IT09305).
References
Berke PR, Conroy MM (2000) Are we planning for sustainable development? J Am Plan
Assoc
66(December):21–33.
https://doi.
org/10.1080/01944360008976081
Caprotti F, Cowley R, Datta A, Broto VC, Gao E,
Georgeson L et al (2017) The new urban agenda: key
opportunities and challenges for policy and practice.
Urban Res Pract 10(3):367–378. https://doi.org/10.10
80/17535069.2016.1275618
City of Maple Ridge (2014) Maple Ridge Official
Community Plan. Retrieved from https://www.
mapleridge.ca/316/Official-Community-Plan
City of Maple Ridge (n.d.) City of Maple Ridge
Scorecards. Retrieved January 16, 2019, from https://
www.mapleridge.ca/787/Scorecards
Clarke A (2012) Green municipal fund passing go: moving beyond the plan. Ottawa
Daly HE (2005) Economics in a full world. Sci
Am
293(3):100–107.
https://doi.org/10.1038/
scientificamerican0905-100
District of North Vancouver (2011) The District of North
Vancouver Official Community Plan. Retrieved from
https://www.dnv.org/property-and-development/
our-official-community-plan-ocp
Dodds F, Donoghue D, Leiva Roesch J (2017) Negotiating
the sustainable development goals. Routledge,
Abingdon/Oxon/New York
Girardet H (2015) Creating regenerative cities. Routledge,
Abingdon/Oxon/New York
Hamstead MP, Quinn MS (2005) Sustainable community development and ecological economics: theoretical convergence and practical implications. Local
Environ: Int J Justice Sustain 10(2):141–158. https://
doi.org/10.1080/1354983052000330743
8 Mitacs is a national, not-for-profit organization that
builds partnerships to support research and training for
industrial and social innovation in Canada. Mitacs
Accelerate supports the development of research projects
that benefit both graduate students or postdocs and partner
organizations. For more information: https://www.mitacs.
ca/en/programs/accelerate
Harcourt W (2005) The millennium development goals: a
missed opportunity? Development 48(1):1–4. https://
doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.development.1100117
Hermans FLP, Haarmann WMF, Dagevos JFLMM (2011)
Evaluation of stakeholder participation in monitoring regional sustainable development. Reg Environ
Chang
11(4):805–815.
https://doi.org/10.1007/
s10113-011-0216-y
James P (2015) Urban sustainability in theory and practice | circles of sustainability. Earthscan Publications
Ltd, Abingdon/Oxon/New York
Joss S, Cowley R, De Jong M, Müller B, Park BS, Rees
WE et al (2015) Tomorrow’s City today: prospects
for standardising sustainable urban development.
University of Westminster, London
Kanie N, Abe N, Iguchi M, Yang J, Kabiri N, Kitamura
Y et al (2014) Integration and diffusion in sustainable
development goals: learning from the past, looking
into the future. Sustainability 6(4):1761–1775. https://
doi.org/10.3390/su6041761
Kanuri C, Revi A, Espey J, Kuhle H (2016) Getting started
with the SDGs in cities – a guide for stakeholders (UN
SDSN). Retrieved from http://unsdsn.org/resources/
publications/getting-started-with-the-sdgs-in-cities/
Meadows DH, Meadows DL, Randers J (1992) Beyond
the limits: global collapse or a sustainable future.
Earthscan Publications Ltd, London
Meerow S, Newell JP, Stults M (2016) Defining urban
resilience: a review. Landsc Urban Plan 147:38–49.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2015.11.011
Mesa N, Edquist M, Espey J (2019) A pathway to sustainable American cities: a guide to implementing the
SDGs
Meth P (2013) Millennium development goals and urban
informal settlements: unintended consequences. Int
Dev Plan Rev 35(1):v–xiii. https://doi.org/10.3828/
idpr.2013.1
Moreno Pires S, Magee L, Holden M (2017) Learning
from community indicators movements: towards
a citizen-powered urban data revolution. Environ
Plan C Polit Space 35(7):1304–1323. https://doi.
org/10.1177/2399654417691512
Nixon, H. (2016). San José: implementing the UN’s sustainable development goals at the local level
Prakash M, Teksoz K, Espey J, Sachs J, Shank M,
Schmidt-Traubaub G (2017) Achieving a Sustainable
Urban America. Retrieved from http://unsdsn.org/
resources/publications/us-cities-sdg-index/
Province of British Columbia (n.d.) Official community plans for local governments. Retrieved August
21, 2019, from https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/
governments/local-governments/planning-land-use/
local-government-planning/official-community-plans
Rockström J (2009) A safe operating space for humanity.
Nature 461(24 September)
Rockström J, Steffen W, Noone K, Chapin FSI, Nykvist
B, de Wit CA et al (2009) Planetary boundaries: exploring the safe operating space for humanity. Ecol Soc 14(2):32. https://doi.org/10.1007/
s13398-014-0173-7.2
5 Making the SDGs Relevant for Cities: Using the Community Capital Tool in British Columbia