SDG 11: HUMANE CITIES: All Inclusive Humane Purpose Cities, Post Pandemic Corrections and Achieving SDG and Going to Moon, Mars and Beyond

SDG 11: HUMANE CITIES: All Inclusive Humane Purpose Cities and Achieving SDG and Going to Moon, Mars and Beyond

What does SDG11 Talks about? YouTube URL: https://youtu.be/1_A3IBdHFBU • LinkedIn Newsletter: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/sdg-11-humane-cities-all-inclusive-purpose-achieving-dr-ashish-/ • SDG11 talks about, “HUMANE CITIES!” • Cities must be All Inclusive, means poorest to the richest can live there • Cities must be Safe, means cleaning and other measures should be on the mark to avoid diseases, mosquitos, etc. • Cities must be Resilient, means they must be all weather proof, and • Cities must be Sustainable, means they must not be temporary shelter, but must last longer having futuristic requirements take care in advanced, to some extent. Impact of Pandemic on the SDG11: Reference: https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal11 • Almost, 1.2 Billion i.e. More than 1/8th of the global population, live in slums, and Pandemic has devastated their whole life. They can’t move, they can’t stay at their place, they can earn, their kids can’t study, and government official made lockdown compulsory. • Proximity of neighbours could not keep the 1- or 2-meters social distancing, which made the living, a hell for slum dwellers. • Almost 80% of the slum dwellers live in: • Eastern and South Eastern Asia, 370+ million • Sub Saharan Africa, 238+ million, and • Central and Southern Asia, 226+ million. • Kids keep asking this,“135+ countries have Right To Education but nowhere 100% literacy is there? Why?” Similarly, “156 countries have National Urban Policies (NUP) but most of them are on the papers only, does it mean, that the Leaders Who Planned the SDG are Not Serious on it? Why?”  • The Average Global Share of Urban Area Allocated to Streets and Open Public Spaces is 30% but we could achieve 16% only. Surprised? How can any city get the best city award then?  Again kids question. • Only almost 50% of the global population have the convenient access to the Public transport of any kind. Ex. 500 meters walking distance for the Bus transport and 1 kilometre walking for the Ferry or Train Transport. So all slum dwellers will be left behind, in case access to affordable and sustainable transport are not improved, they’ll be spending more on transportation and so they will not be able to come up from extreme poverty. • Pandemic stalled many Public Transport Projects, so this SDG11 needs a course correction. • Thanks to city of Paris which has planned to become a 10 minutes city in coming 2 decades. Hope other cities will have still better plans and actions. What are Targets and Indicators of the SDG11? • Target 11.1: Ensuring Safe, Affordable Housing for all and upgradation of slums, so as to have all basic minimum facilities • Indicator 11.1.1: • Proportion of Population living in slums, • Proportion of Population living in informal settlements and • Proportion of Population living in inadequate housing. • Or / and All above together • Target 11.2: • Providing Safe, Affordable, Accessible, and Sustainable Transport System for all, • Improving Road Safety, • Expanding Public Transport, • Special Attention be given to the needs of: • Women • Children • Older people • Persons with disabilities, • Others in any Vulnerable situations • Indicator 11.2.1: Proportion of Public having convenient access to Public Transport: • By Gender • By Age • Persons with Disabilities • Target 11.3: Going for Sustainable Urbanisation with inclusive approach in all the countries • Indicator 11.3.1: Simple Ratio of: • Land Consumption Rate / Population Growth • Indicator 11.3.2: Proportion of Number of Cities having Direct democratic civil society participation in urban planning and management • Target 11.4: Protection of world’s cultural and natural heritage • Indicator 11.4.1: Total Per Capita Expenditure on Preservation, Protection, Conservation OF Cultural, Natural Heritage by: • Source of Funding: • May it be Public • May it private • Type of Heritage: • May it be Cultural • May it be Natural • Level of Government: • National • Regional • Local / Municipal • Target 11.5: Protecting the vulnerable and thus Reducing the deaths and destruction due to the disasters • Indicator 11.5.1: • Number deaths/ 100,000 population • Number of missing/ 100,000 population • Number of people directly affected/ 100,000 population • Economic Losses due to Disasters/ Total National GDP • Indicator 11.5.2: • Direct Economic Losses/ Global GDP • Direct Economic Losses includes: • Damage to Critical Infrastructure • Disruption of basic services attributed to disasters • Target 11.6: Reducing Environmental Impact on cities • If we calculate Per capita Impact of: • Air Pollution • Municipal and other Waste Management • Indicator 11.6.1: Solid Waste Collected and Discharged/ Total Solid Waste Generated by city or cities • Indicator 11.6.2: Annual Mean level of Particulate Matter in Cities • Target 11.7: Providing Inclusive and Universal Access to safe, green and public space to: • Women • Children • Older people, and • Persons with disabilities • Indicator 11.7.1: Average Built up area of open space for public use for above i to iv kinds of people. • Indicator 11.7.2: Proportion of above i to iv mentioned person/s who faced harassments in last 12 months • Target 11.a: Balancing and Strengthening, Environment and Development in urban, per-urban and rural areas • Indicator 11.a.1: • Number of countries having Urban or Regional Development Plans those are: • Flexible to Population Dynamics • Balanced Territorial Development • Increase Fiscal Space. • Target 11.b: By 2030 adopting holistically the SENDAI Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030. What’s it? • SENDAI FRAMEWORK has following 4 PRIORITIES: I. Understanding Disaster Risk II. Strengthening Disaster Risk Governance to Manage Disaster Risk, III. Investing in Disaster Risk Reduction for Resilience IV. Enhancing Disaster Preparedness for effective response and to “Build Back Better” in recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction • These PRIORITIES Reduce: I. Mortality II. Affected People III. Direct Economic Loss impacting GDP IV. Impact on critical infrastructure and disruption to basic services • These PRIORITIES Increases: I. Number of countries having Implemented SENDAI Strategies II. International Cooperation (to reduce impact of disaster and getting timely help if any) III. Implementation of multi hazard early warning systems (to reduce damage) • TO MEASURE SENDAI FRAME WORK IMPLEMENTATION THERE ARE 7 GLOBAL TARGETS AND 38 INDICATORS. • For Details Please Refer: https://www.undrr.org/implementing-sendai-framework/what-sendai-framework • Indicator 11.b.1: Number of countries having adopted SENDAI Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030. • Indicator 11.b.2: Proportion of Local Governments adopting above SENDAI Framework kind of National Risk Reduction Strategies. • Target 11.c: By using local material helping the developing countries to build sustainable buildings by providing financial and technical knowhow It itself is the indicator in fact. If, you have any suggestions kindly let me know, will try to upgrade the contents, if possible. Thanks, and Regards. Dr. Ashish Manohar, Soulution Master, India