The

SDGs enlarge the scope of the MDGs towards global sustainability

The

SDGs concentrate on the Global North whereas the MDGs concentrate on the Global

South

The

MDGs concentrate on social issues, like the alleviation of poverty, and the

SDGs mainly deal with environmental issues, like the reduction of global

warming to 1,5 Degrees Celsius

They often apply a “Global North” perspective

Not

all the indicators measure the same factors

They

are developed using a top-down approach

Rachel

Carsons “Spring in Silence"

Rachel

Carsons “The Economics of the Coming Spaceship Earth"

Rachel Carsons “Silent Spring"

A decoupling of well-being from material wealth

A

decoupling of material wealth from resource use

A

decoupling of economic growth from resource use

A

city with a culturally and internationally diverse population

A

city with a strong influence in international business networks and a huge

concentration of information and money

A

city with a high concentration of industrial production sites and a high global

export rate

About

45% of the world’s population live in cities

About

55% of the world’s population live in urban settlements

About

65% of the world’s population live in urban settings

The

Circular Economy guiding principle of economic thinking that aims to circulate

wealth between different social classes

The

Circular Economy aims to preserve the maximum value of products through reuse

and recovery strategies

The

Circular Economy is guiding principle of economic action that aims to circulate

capital between different sectors of industrial production

A

participatory planning tool that integrates people into urban design

A

policy strategy that weighs citizens’ interests higher than business interest

An approach to urban planning that fits to human

proportions and human pace

The

moment when a rural settlement becomes an urban settlement

The moment when more people lived in urban settlements than in any other

form of settlements

The

moment in history when the first urban settlement was created

The influence of the availability of natural

resources on capitalist economies

The way capitalist economists relate their values to

nature

The reshaping of the relation between society and nature by capitalist

logics