REGIONAL SCIENCE PERSPECTIVES ON GLOBAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT – AN EXPLORATION OF MULTIDIMENSIONAL EXPERT VIEWS BY MEANS OF Q ANALYSIS

Tomaz Ponce Dentinho (), Karima Kourtit and Peter Nijkamp
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Tomaz Ponce Dentinho: University of Azores, Angra do Heroismo, Portugal

Romanian Journal of Regional Science, 2021, vol. 15, issue 1, 1-32

Abstract: The aim of the paper is to explore and map out regional science perspectives on global development, assessed on the basis of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) proposed by the United Nations (UN). The issue is important, since in general the methodological glue that unites interdisciplinary approaches – like regional science – may not work without a uniform or shared view on the reality and the mutual consistency of societal aims. The question whether the hierarchy of UN Development Goals is supported by regional science approaches related to geographical space, disciplinary expertise, and sustainability viewpoints is addressed in the present study, using a Q- method technique. To that end, a survey questionnaire among a group of internationally renowned regional scientists from all over the world was systematically administered and analyzed. The results are related to characteristic features of the respondents (regional scientists) examined. Our findings indicate that location, disciplinary field, and cognitive mindset do influence the ranking by regional scientists of the sustainability goals concerned. The lessons are that it is important to specify explicitly the assumptions of each sustainable development study and to understand whether the researcher’s attitudes regarding sustainable development require a ‘complementary’ perspective.

Keywords: UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); sustainability; regional science; Q-method (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B4 Q01 R11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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