Exploring sustainable urban transformation concepts for economic development

School of Business and Finance Latvia; Dzintra Atstaja; Viktor Koval; Inga Uvarova; Inese Mavlutova; Jekaterina Kuzmina

doi:10.25115/eea.v39i5.5209

Exploring sustainable urban transformation concepts for economic development

School of Business and Finance Latvia
, Dzintra Atstaja (Corresponding Author)
, Viktor Koval
, Inga Uvarova
, Inese Mavlutova
, Jekaterina Kuzmina

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Abstract

Nowadays cities face numerous challenges amplified to build necessary urban municipal and community capacity to ensure sustainability transformation to respond to the local and global challenges of climate change, inequality, and access to resources. This research combines the study fields of sustainability, economic development, governance of sustainability transformation, providing the multidisciplinary approach as a systemic-oriented view encompassing the social, technological and ecological aspects of urban transformation. The purpose of the paper is to explore how the concept of urban transformation could be operationalized for research of economic development under the economic strain assuming the emergency of Covid-19 grand challenge. The research methods used are a systematic literature review and the content analysis. The paper provides a detailed characterization of the urban transformation exploring this concept from the structure and system perspectives for the economic exit from the crisis.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-15
Journal	Estudios de Economia Aplicada
Volume	39
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.25115/eea.v39i5.5209
Publication status	Published - 2021
Externally published	Yes

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This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
SDG 13 Climate Action

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Covid-19
Critical literature review
Economic development
Sustainable urban transformation
Urban

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