Italian Cities SDGs Composite Index: A Methodological Approach to Measure the Agenda 2030 at Urban Level

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In this paper we calculate the Italian Cities Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Composite Index potentially useful for policy analysis and dissemination of sustainable development at local level in Italy. Structured into several dimensions representing 16 out of 17 SDGs adopted by the United Nations at the end of September 2015, the index merges 53 available economic, social and environmental elementary indicators into a single composite dimension, highlighting a geographical and demographic heterogeneity within the country. By using the Spectral Value Decomposition technique, the index offers an urban focus of sustainability, showing some differences among the goals and the cities of Italy. Finally, it identifies the Goal concerning quality education and decent work and economic growth as the main key Goals for sustainability.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Working Paper ; No. 018.2019

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Economic Development: Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure ; Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth
• Subject: SDGs ; Composite Index ; Weighting ; Correlation ; Spectral Value Decomposition ; Principal Component

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Farnia, Luca ; Cavalli, Laura ; Vergalli, Sergio
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM)
• (where): Milano
• (when): 2019

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/211177
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET