Integrating the SDGs Into Urban Renewal Practices: Recommendations From Participatory SDG Monitoring in Stuttgart‐Münster

Sigrid Busch, Marlene Franck and Astrid Ley
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Sigrid Busch: Institute of Urban Planning and Design, University of Stuttgart, Germany
Marlene Franck: Institute of Urban Planning and Design, University of Stuttgart, Germany
Astrid Ley: Institute of Urban Planning and Design, University of Stuttgart, Germany

Urban Planning, 2025, vol. 10

Abstract: Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) presents a unique opportunity for collective action across various spatial scales. At the local level, programs to revitalize vulnerable neighborhoods offer significant potential to contribute to the SDGs. In Germany, the “Soziale Stadt/Sozialer Zusammenhalt” (Social City/Social Cohesion) funding program supports municipalities in promoting sustainable development in these areas. However, there is currently no direct linkage between this funding program and the SDGs. This raises questions as to how the instruments of the Social City/Social Cohesion program could support the SDGs and their monitoring processes and vice versa and what adjustments could be recommended to enhance this relationship. The research presented in this article is based on a case study conducted in the urban renewal district of Stuttgart‐Münster, Germany. Students and scholars from the University of Stuttgart collaborated with municipal staff and civil society members to explore the funding program’s instruments and assess their potential for monitoring the SDGs. Based on the municipal indicator set developed with the assistance of SDG coordinators at the City of Stuttgart—Germany’s first city to pilot this indicator set in 2019—the transdisciplinary team adapted specific indicators to the neighborhood level. They also investigated the inclusion of qualitative indicators for assessing SDGs and tested a collaborative approach to gathering data for these localized indicators with input from residents. Based on the findings of this case study, this contribution reflects on recommendations for integrating the SDGs into the initial stages of urban renewal practices and related instruments.

Keywords: co‐production; participation; SDG monitoring; Soziale Stadt; transdisciplinarity; urban renewal (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.17645/up.9973

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