Sustainable territorial development index for assessment of metropolitan regions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8022353 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Maria Fernanda Kauling (0000-0002-1511-6765), Valdir Fernandes (0000-0003-0568-2920), Marcelo Limont (0000-0002-3400-9738), Maurício Dziedzic (0000-0001-8947-0129) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Pages | 101212-101212 |
| Publication date | 2025-09-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sustainable Futures (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2666-1888 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.sftr.2025.101212 |
| OpenAlex | W4413945341 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 68 |
The rapid expansion of urban areas worldwide has sparked discussions about their environmental impacts and the consequences for residents' lives. In this context, this article introduces a method for evaluating sustainable territorial development (SustTD) in metropolitan regions, using the Curitiba Metropolitan Region (CMR) as a case study. The evaluation method is based on the concept of SustTD, which emphasizes territorial identities, integration of systems, policies, and activities, shared management, and common resource use. A set of indicators was developed considering natural, social, and built capital as the dimensions of sustainable development. The findings led to the creation of the Sustainable Territorial Development Index (IDTS3). Indicator values were normalized between 0 and 1, and exploratory analysis conducted for possible groupings of municipalities using the Ward method for hierarchic grouping using the Euclidian distance as a measure of dissimilarity. Contrary to the broadly advertised integration of the CMR, the results revealed an IDTS3 of 0.55, and only two municipalities achieved values higher than this average. This was confirmed by the groupings which pointed to high inequality among the CMR municipalities, with the capital, Curitiba, achieving a much higher IDTS3than the other municipalities, and showing that the CMR is a fragmented region with significant development disparities among its members
Archaeology · Economic geography · Environmental planning · Geography · Index (typography · Metropolitan area · Political science · Regional science · Sustainable development · Computer Science · Regional Development and Policy · Regional Socio-Economic Development Trends · Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |