Sustainable Development Goals in Europe

The aim of this book is to provide a synthesis of the newest research in Geography concerning the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG's). Although the world is strongly interconnected, the majority of the chapters in this volume focus on Europe or the work of European researchers. Each chapter of this book focusses on one of the 17 SDG's providing in-depth knowledge from a geographical perspective, fostering comprehensive research on these global targets to end poverty, fight inequality and injustice, and tackle climate change.

The Sustainable Development Goals are part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. To achieve them, it will be necessary for all stakeholders, including citizens (civil society, doctors, teachers), governments, private sector to collaborate.

Presents the geographical state-of-the-art related to the Sustainable Development Goals Fosters comprehensive research on each of the SDGs from a geography perspective Focuses on the geographical research in Europe with regards to obtaining UN targets

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Dr. Maria Luisa de Lázaro Torres holds a PhD in Geography from the Complutense University of Madrid (summa cum laude) and is a tenured professor of Human Geography at the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED) in Spain. She is Member of the Board of the Spanish Real Sociedad Geográfica (RSG) and member of the editorial board of 5 Spanish journals.

She specializes in Human Geography, contemporary trends in education and the use of Web GIS in research, teaching and teacher training. She has been a pioneer in the usage of Web GIS ArcGIS Online (ESRI) in Spain. Dr. De Lázaro Torres founded an innovation group in the UNED: "GID2017-10 'Learn using Online Maps'" with the acronym MapsOnline. And together with amongst others, her co-Editor for this book, she started the Atlas Digital Escolar (Educational Digital Atlas). She is currently the Secretary General of EUROGEO, the European Association of Geographers.

Her main research area as well as area of teaching covers geography using geotechnologies and the Sustainable Development Goals, within this subject area she specializes in the following issues: migration, housing prices and management of the Spanish dehesa savanna landscape.

Prof. Dr. Rafael de Miguel González received his BA in Geography (summa cum laude) from the University of Zaragoza, Spain and his BA in Geography from the University of Nancy (France). Furthermore he obtained an MA in Urban Geography and Planning from the Institut d'Urbanisme de Paris (France), in 1996 and a PhD in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Paris (France) in 1999. He subsequently received his second PhD in Geography Education from the University of Valladolid (Spain).
He is currently Professor of Geography at the University of Zaragoza, where he is also coordinator of the geography education program and Executive Associate Dean (for International Relations) at the Faculty of Education. He is a member of the board of the Royal Geographical Society of Spain and the President of EUROGEO (European Association of Geographers). He serves as the regional contact for Spain and is a member of the International Geographical Union Commission on Geographical Education.
He has been involved in more than 130 publications on urban geography and geographical education: books, book chapters, and journals articles alike. He co-edited the book Geography Education for Global Understanding, published by Springer, and the book Innovative Learning Geography in Europe, published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. He is a Member of the Editorial Board of International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education and Director of several research funded projects, including Digital Atlas for School Education. Inaddition, he is a Member of the General Assembly of Partners, III United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development. Representative of EUROGEO at United Nations Economic and Social Council NGO's Committee.

Inhalt
Part 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere.- SDG1 in Europe: Micro-grants, poverty, and the big-picture future of sustainable development in a post-pandemic world.- Part 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture.- Geography: Origin of the complexity of the food system.- Part 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages.- Exploring health and well-being in a European context.- Part 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.- New horizons for quality education within the framework of the 2030 agenda.- Part 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.- Recent demographic trends in Spanish rural areas: Poverty and inequality with gender perspective (1999-2020).- Part 6: Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.- Sustainable solution for clean water (SDG6) implemented in Ethiopia to remove fluoridefrom drinking water using natural zeolites from Europe.- Part 7: Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all.- Improving eco-social literacy using Spanish media coverage of the EU's clean energy strategy.- Part 8: Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all.- Economics for Future from different perspectives Critical reflections on SDG 8 with a special focus on economic growth and some suggestions for alternatives pathways.- Part 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation.- Perceived benefits and barriers to cooperation between small farms and clusters A case study of Poland.- Part 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries.- Spatial disparities: An approach to reveal "hidden areas" to territorial development in the Marrakech-Safi region -Morocco.- Part 11: Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.- Sustainable cities, urban indicators and planning for the new urban agenda. Sustainable developments goals and the rights to the city.- Part 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns.- Towards a new sustainable production and responsible consumer in the food sectors: Sustainable aquaculture.- Part 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.- 1975-2018: 43 years of glacial retreat in the Incachiriasca glacier (Nevado Salcantay, Vilcabamba Range, Peru).- Part 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development.- Jellyfish distribution and abundance on the southern coast of the Iberian Peninsula.- Part 15: Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss.- Using the European CORINE land cover database: A review a 2011-2021 specificreview.- Part 16: Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.- Achieving a sustainable future: The geographical centrality of UN SDG-16, peace, justice and strong institutions.- Part 17: Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development.- Revitalizing the global alliances for sustainable development; analysing the viability of SDG 17 using marine conservation case studies in Europe.