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Can green infrastructure development in cities be equitable? An eclectic review of Dundee City’s electric vehicles strategy.

Asekomeh, Ayodele; Gershon, Obindah; Azubuike, Smith I.

Authors

Obindah Gershon

Smith I. Azubuike



Contributors

Subhes Bhattacharyya
Editor

Abstract

Dundee City has been successful in installing green infrastructure for charging electric vehicles (EVs). This intervention apparently matches the sustainable development goals (SDGs) of affordable clean energy (7), sustainable cities and communities (11) and climate action (13). Local authorities can align interventions with SDGs according to needs. Thus, we undertake an eclectic examination of the elements of the plan against the city’s peculiar socio-economic environment, questioning whether the EV plan is equitable for the city’s residents. Equitability may be either the complementarity and benefits of the strategy from the obvious lenses of SDGs 7, 11 and 13 or the alignment or otherwise of the EV strategy with the other SDGs. We note that the EV strategy achieves some equitability but does not fully address all inequalities. Although this approach could be adopted by smaller, similar or bigger cities, we recommend that local priorities should be ranked to improve alignment with SDGs.

Citation

ASEKOMEH, A., GERSHON, O. and AZUBUIKE, S.I. 2020. Can green infrastructure development in cities be equitable? An eclectic review of Dundee City's electric vehicles strategy. In Bhattacharyya, S. (ed.) Proceedings of the 2nd IESD international conference on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG-IESD 2020): aligning local interventions with the UN Sustainable Developments Goals, 2 July 2020, Leicester, UK. Leicester: De Montfort University. Institute of Energy and Sustainable Development [online], pages 23-51. Available from: https://tinyurl.com/2p8mffee

Conference Name 2nd IESD international conference on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG-IESD 2020): aligning local interventions with the UN Sustainable Developments Goals
Conference Location Leicester, UK
Start Date Jul 2, 2020
Acceptance Date Jul 2, 2020
Online Publication Date Mar 3, 2021
Publication Date Mar 31, 2021
Deposit Date Jul 15, 2022
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Publisher De Montfort University. Institute of Energy and Sustainable Development
Pages 23-51
Keywords Green infrastructure; Sustainable development goals; Dundee city; Eclectic review; Equitability
Public URL https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/1713159
Publisher URL https://5cfcc7093746e.site123.me/resources/proceedings-of-the-second-conference

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