Potential and limitations of digital twins to achieve the sustainable development goals

A Tzachor, S Sabri, CE Richards, A Rajabifard… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Could computer simulation models drive our ambitions to sustainability in urban and non-
urban environments? Digital twins, defined here as real-time, virtual replicas of physical and …

A framework for assessing sustainable agriculture and rural development: A case study of the Bei**g-Tian**-Hebei region, China

S Hu, Y Yang, H Zheng, C Mi, T Ma, R Shi - … Impact Assessment Review, 2022 - Elsevier
The deterioration of the eco-environment and low well-being of farmers in rural areas have
posed great challenges to the realization of sustainable development goals (SDGs) …

Are smart cities more sustainable? An exploratory study of 103 US cities

M Cai, E Kassens-Noor, Z Zhao, D Colbry - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
Cities play a vital role in tackling sustainability challenges. Smart cities have emerged as
solutions to urban sustainability. However, whether smart city practices lead to …

Matching ecosystem services supply and demand in China's urban agglomerations for multiple-scale management

W Hou, T Hu, L Yang, X Liu, X Zheng, H Pan… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
The unprecedented urbanization rate has profoundly impacted ecosystem functions and
increased the demand for ecosystem services. Moving towards sustainable cities requires …

Impacts of irrigated agriculture on food–energy–water–CO2 nexus across metacoupled systems

Z Xu, X Chen, J Liu, Y Zhang, S Chau… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Irrigated agriculture has important implications for achieving the United Nations Sustainable
Development Goals. However, there is a lack of systematic and quantitative analyses of its …

Gaps and opportunities in modelling human influence on species distributions in the Anthropocene

VF Frans, J Liu - Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2024 - nature.com
Understanding species distributions is a global priority for mitigating environmental
pressures from human activities. Ample studies have identified key environmental (climate …

Global transboundary synergies and trade-offs among Sustainable Development Goals from an integrated sustainability perspective

H **ao, S Bao, J Ren, Z Xu, S Xue, J Liu - Nature Communications, 2024 - nature.com
Domestic attempts to advance the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in a country can
have synergistic and/or trade-off effects on the advancement of SDGs in other countries …

Landscape pattern and ecosystem services are critical for protected areas' contributions to sustainable development goals at regional scale

Y Liu, Y Lü, B Fu, X Zhang - Science of the Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Protected areas are essential for the conservation of biodiversity, natural and cultural
resources, and contribute to regional and global sustainable development. However, since …

[HTML][HTML] Recurring patterns of SDG interlinkages and how they can advance the 2030 Agenda

T Bennich, Å Persson, R Beaussart, C Allen… - One Earth, 2023 - cell.com
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set a vision for a more sustainable world, to be
realized by 2030. Progress to date is insufficient and implementation challenges are many …

Prospects for global sustainable development through integrating the environmental impacts of economic activities

S Han, C Li, M Li, M Lenzen, X Chen, Y Zhang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Human economic activities drive the production and consumption of goods and services,
contribute to the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals …