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A systematic review evaluated research concerning the integration of digital mapping technologies into urban development to support United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 9. The analysis showed that sustainable industrialisation and smart cities formed the largest share of the literature at 30.2 percent, while resilient infrastructure and innovation each accounted for 13.2 percent. Digital data, information and communication technologies, and climate resilience represented smaller shares. The review highlighted an evident shortage of research from low and middle-income countries and identified persistent difficulties in accessing reliable data on SDG 9. Intersections with gender equality, responsible consumption, life below water, and partnerships were largely overlooked. A conceptual framework was proposed, indicating that digital transformation aids SDG 9 delivery, mediated by electronic governance performance and stakeholder commitment.
Urban centres require resilient infrastructure and innovation to address global sustainability targets. By mapping out where digital mapping studies focus and where they fall short, especially in low- and middle-income nations, this work clarifies existing knowledge gaps. It shows decision-makers that digital transformation must be coupled with sound governance, social inclusion, and better data collection to successfully deliver urban sustainability.
This work represents early-stage conceptual research based on a literature review rather than a tested software product or deployed tool. It suggests that digital transformation and digital mapping technologies could support urban planners and municipal authorities in implementing resilient infrastructure. However, real-world deployment faces obstacles due to acute data shortages, governance dependencies, and varying levels of stakeholder commitment described in the literature.
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The UN Agenda 2030 recognised the critical role of urban areas as cultural, economic, and social life centres that can simultaneously address different sustainability goals and provide quick and more practical responses to associated problems. Goal 9 aimed to build resilient infrastructure, enhance sustainable and inclusive industrialisation and increase innovation, as stated by the UN. This review demonstrates our novel effort toward increasing understanding of the existing literature concerning integrating digital mapping technologies in urban development: advancing sustainable and resilient infrastructure for SDG 9 achievement. The review employed a systematic approach to literature search and selection. Results showed that SDGs' Resilient Infrastructure constituted 13.2 %, Sustainable Industrialisation/Smart Cities (30.2 %), Fostering Innovation (13.2 %), ICT (3.8 %), Digital Data (5.7 %), Urban/Climate Resilience (5.7 %), and other aspects of SDG 9 accounted for 28.3 %. SDGs were not addressed by the studies relating to SDG 5 (Gender Equality), SDG 9 (Infrastructure, Industry, and Innovation), SDG 12 (Responsible production and consumption), SDG 14 (life beneath water), and SDG 17 (Goals for partnership). A comparative dearth of research was also reported from low and middle-income nations. The study further indicated a lack of reliable data on SDG 9; finding what existed was challenging. These comprise economic shifts to viable urban design patterns, including smart cities, consumption and production, effective governance, and renewed international means and partnerships of SDG implementation. Another set of challenges comprised a dearth of economic and social inclusion, extensive regional variations and rural-urban gaps, and gender inequality among women and men. Lastly, this study proposed a conceptual framework for implementing SDG 9. The study inferred that digital transformation (DT) improves SDG 9 attainment. However, it might be mediated by the e-governance/brilliant city performance and stakeholder commitment level.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.aej.2024.12.078
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