Localising the Sustainable Development Goals. A Place‐Based Analysis of Sustainable Development in Rural and Urban Areas

Lucas Teótimo Frutos Olmedo, Paul Holloway, John F. Barimo, Mary O'Shaughnessy · 2026 · Sustainable Development

Summary. This paper creates a Sustainable Development Index for rural and urban areas in Ireland using 33 indicators across 13 SDGs. Using high-resolution geographic data and GIS analysis, the authors find that rural areas near cities show the strongest sustainable development outcomes, while remote rural areas and major cities perform worse. The research demonstrates that examining rural-urban connections matters for achieving the SDGs and supports using geographic methods to design targeted, place-based policies.

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@article{olmedo-2026-localising-sustainable-development-goals-place,
  title   = {Localising the Sustainable Development Goals. A Place‐Based Analysis of Sustainable Development in Rural and Urban Areas},
  author  = {Lucas Teótimo Frutos Olmedo and Paul Holloway and John F. Barimo and Mary O'Shaughnessy},
  journal = {Sustainable Development},
  year    = {2026},
  doi     = {10.1002/sd.70846},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.1002/sd.70846}
}

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DOI

10.1002/sd.70846

Countries

Ireland

Regions

Europe

Categories

policy, rural-data-and-definitions, regional-innovation-systems, general-innovation

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2026-04-29