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Implementing Sustainable Development Goal 11 by connecting sustainability policies
and urban-planning practices through ICTs

3 Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 11: Elaborating
on urban-planning design values to support its technology-based

execution in aspiring smart cities

Recommendations in the tables below result from the analysis of the sustainable smart-city examples
studied earlier. These recommendations are ready to be used and urban-planning design values would be
obtained in each implementation.

By following the recommendations below, we will be improving SDG 11’s delivery since, according to our
working hypothesis, “sustainability policies will have better implementation if executed through urban-
planning interventions”. Moreover, if we are to support the implementation of recommendations with ICT,
we will be enhancing the execution of urban-planning interventions as these will allow for measurement
and performance accountability.

Recommendations on STRATEGIC urban-planning PRACTICES to implement urban-sustainability POLICIES
STRATEGY Facilitate resilience to climate change
POLICY --To protect and manage the natural and built environment in cities and territories, including
biodiversity, land and natural resources, and to ensure integrated sustainable development and
resilience to climate-related and natural disasters--
PRACTICES Increasing photosynthetic spaces as part of green infrastructure
Improving eco-efficiency
Striving for climate-resilient infrastructure
Recommendations on physical urban-planning interventions

 Increase the overall green spaces in the city.
 increase the city’s tree canopy (9m per person);
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 retrofitting of buildings to make them climate and weather friendly;
 develop/update and enforce land use plans and zoning ordinances;
 implement a water-harvesting network and reduce reliance on potable water;
 promote recycling and provide a second life for unused items;
 green retrofitting as part of building reimagining programmes;
 introduce multipurpose and climate-adaptable buildings;
 promote climate-resilient infrastructure – buildings, roads and other physical infrastructure;
 make unused spaces of the city more attractive by converting them into green spaces and equipping them with
mobile facilities.
Recommendations on non-physical urban-planning actions

 Detailed implementation plans should be made by prioritising budget allocations;
 public consultation and citizen engagement actions should be encouraged to raise public awareness of the
impacts of climate change and to co-design implementation plans;
 increased sense of ownership of urban-planning interventions is encouraged by including fundraising campaigns
in the context of public-private funding schemes such as ‘infrastructure foster programs' and crowd-funding
campaigns.

9 Please note that these values may vary per country
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