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Special Issue "Geospatiality and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)"

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The rapid human development and the contradiction between human and society, and economy and environment has greatly hindered the implementation of sustainable development strategy (Zhao and Wu, 2019). In order to draw more attention on sustainable development from governments, the United Nations adopted the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), 169 sub-goals and 232 targets at the United Nations Summit on Sustainable Development in 2015. Ever since then, many experts and researchers have been making great efforts to monitor, assess and realise SDGs. For example, while some researchers analysed the application of SDGs to ecology and environment (Salleh, 2016Yenneti et al., 2016), others applied SDGs to humanities and education (Chowdhury and Koya, 2017Sterling, 2014). Yet there are many difficulties. The sheer volume of geospatial data and the different understanding of the SDG indicators make this task more difficult. Further, there are relatively limited studies that attempt to more holistically capture the varieties of geospatial factors and contexts behind the articulation of SDGs.

In order to develop a vision for ensuring sustainable development, a discussion of the SDGs needs careful examination through new concepts, approaches and solutions to the problems. This special issue will include, but not limited to, studies on SDGs, monitoring and evaluation of SDGs, the use of geospatial technologies in assessing challenges in implementation of SDGs, the geospatiality of social and gender dimensions in SDG research and other development-related themes. The issue will promote integrated transdisciplinary approaches in SDGs research.

While this issue invites papers from all parts of the world, we keenly encourage and see this as an opportunity for young scholars in the developing world. This special issue will provide a publication platform for papers presented by outstanding young and early career geographers at the sessions organised by the IGU-Task Force for Young and Early Career Geographers (IGU-YECG) since from its establishment (Beijing, 2016) to the upcoming 34th IGC at Istanbul (2020). There is a cutting-edge research by young and early career scholars which deserves to be recognised and popularised.

We also invite submissions which can help enhance the understandings and conceptualisations of the SDGs. In particular, we are interested in submissions that explore ‘new geographies of theory’ and ‘new conceptual vectors’. The submissions may be concerned with addressing SDGs at the local, regional, and global scales, in various geographical contexts and at multiple dimensions (economic, social, political, developmental, and environmental). The contributions may be generic in nature or specific to a particular geographical region, with regard to regional diversity in climate, development, economic structure, and socioeconomic characteristics, among other factors. Original work that adopts a relational perspective and showcase how to address theoretical, methodological, and empirical issues in implementation of SDGs is particularly welcome.

Potential topics include, but are not restricted to, the following:

Submission of full papers: 1 May 2020

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Regards,

The Guest Editors

Dr. Gaurav Sikka
Dr. Komali Yenneti
Prof. R.B. Singh
Prof. Vladimir Tikunov


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