Cross-national Perspectives on Using Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs)Indicators for Monitoring Sustainable Development:A Data-base and Analysis

• 作者: WANG Xiangyu SONG Changqing CHENG Changxiu YE Sijing SHEN Shi
• 来源期刊: 中国地理科学（英文版）
• 年，卷（期）: 2021,（4）
• 页码范围: 600-610
• 页数: 11页
• 语种: 英文

摘要

Sustainable development is the theme of the 21 st century.To monitor the progress of sustainable development,the United Nations launched Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs)in 2015.Subsequently,nations of the world have drawn up a list of localized indicators regarding the United Nations SDGs as a paradigm.We established a database including SDGs indicator systems of 11 eco-nomies by collecting and determining a large number of materials.Based on this database,we analyzed SDGs indicators by designing a conceptual framework of comparative analysis that included three views.We found that the SDGs indicator systems of 11 economies are different between the number of indicators,the proportion of different categories,and the connotation of indicators.Although the SDGs indicator systems among economies regarded the United Nations SDGs as a framework and included the major social problems related to sustainability,the inconsistency between SDGs indicator systems is large.It is a major reason why scholars lack the systemat-ic method for developing indicators.There are challenges faced in data accessibility.The framework for comparative analysis could be applied to different economies.