Visualising Sustainable Development Goals progress of China’s coastal cities using circular-kaleidoscope charts
Cities are the frontiers of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted in the United Nations 2030 Agenda. Although quantitative methods have been applied to assess cities’ sustainability progress, knowledge gaps exist in the differences between inland and coastal cities’ performance and their...
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| description | Cities are the frontiers of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted in the United Nations 2030 Agenda. Although quantitative methods have been applied to assess cities’ sustainability progress, knowledge gaps exist in the differences between inland and coastal cities’ performance and their internal variations against common standards. Using the Voronoi-based kaleidoscope diagram embedded in two circular plots, the article visualises the overall sustainability progress of China’s inland and coastal cities in economy, society, biosphere and partnership. By measuring overall progress with circular length and individual scores with kaleidoscope area size, triple inland-coastal gaps and trifold intracoastal inequalities were highlighted, as well as city types characterised by economy-society balance and land–sea relation. References for implementing sustainable development transformations for coastal cities were derived, along with the circular-kaleidoscope diagram’s potential for checking the pulse of cities’ performances in further uses and finishing the circle. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-01120c3b5a704f97a3ea0251c497e02f2025-08-20T02:52:13ZengTaylor & Francis GroupRegional Studies, Regional Science2168-13762024-12-0111147447810.1080/21681376.2024.2374403Visualising Sustainable Development Goals progress of China’s coastal cities using circular-kaleidoscope chartsMingbao Chen0Zhibin Xu1Centre of Marine Development, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, People’s Republic of ChinaCentre of Marine Development, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, People’s Republic of ChinaCities are the frontiers of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted in the United Nations 2030 Agenda. Although quantitative methods have been applied to assess cities’ sustainability progress, knowledge gaps exist in the differences between inland and coastal cities’ performance and their internal variations against common standards. Using the Voronoi-based kaleidoscope diagram embedded in two circular plots, the article visualises the overall sustainability progress of China’s inland and coastal cities in economy, society, biosphere and partnership. By measuring overall progress with circular length and individual scores with kaleidoscope area size, triple inland-coastal gaps and trifold intracoastal inequalities were highlighted, as well as city types characterised by economy-society balance and land–sea relation. References for implementing sustainable development transformations for coastal cities were derived, along with the circular-kaleidoscope diagram’s potential for checking the pulse of cities’ performances in further uses and finishing the circle.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/21681376.2024.2374403Sustainable Development Goals, 2030 agendaChinacoastal citieskaleidoscope diagramregional studyQ01 |
| spellingShingle | Mingbao Chen Zhibin Xu Visualising Sustainable Development Goals progress of China’s coastal cities using circular-kaleidoscope charts Regional Studies, Regional Science Sustainable Development Goals, 2030 agenda China coastal cities kaleidoscope diagram regional study Q01 |
| title | Visualising Sustainable Development Goals progress of China’s coastal cities using circular-kaleidoscope charts |
| title_full | Visualising Sustainable Development Goals progress of China’s coastal cities using circular-kaleidoscope charts |
| title_fullStr | Visualising Sustainable Development Goals progress of China’s coastal cities using circular-kaleidoscope charts |
| title_full_unstemmed | Visualising Sustainable Development Goals progress of China’s coastal cities using circular-kaleidoscope charts |
| title_short | Visualising Sustainable Development Goals progress of China’s coastal cities using circular-kaleidoscope charts |
| title_sort | visualising sustainable development goals progress of china s coastal cities using circular kaleidoscope charts |
| topic | Sustainable Development Goals, 2030 agenda China coastal cities kaleidoscope diagram regional study Q01 |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/21681376.2024.2374403 |
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