Integrating digital mapping technologies in urban development: Advancing sustainable and resilient infrastructure for SDG 9 achievement – a systematic review

Khaled Mahmoud Abdel Aziz; Ahmed Osama Daoud; Atul Kumar Singh; Mohammad Alhusban

doi:10.1016/j.aej.2024.12.078

Alexandria Engineering Journal (Mar 2025)

Integrating digital mapping technologies in urban development: Advancing sustainable and resilient infrastructure for SDG 9 achievement – a systematic review

Khaled Mahmoud Abdel Aziz,
Ahmed Osama Daoud,
Atul Kumar Singh,
Mohammad Alhusban

Affiliations

Khaled Mahmoud Abdel Aziz: Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering in Al-Kharj, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj 11942, Saudi Arabia; Geomatics Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering at Shoubra, Benha University, Cairo, Egypt; Corresponding author at: Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering in Al-Kharj, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj 11942, Saudi Arabia.
Ahmed Osama Daoud: Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The British University in Egypt (BUE), El-Sherouk City, Cairo, 11837, Egypt
Atul Kumar Singh: Department of Civil Engineering, Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560111, India
Mohammad Alhusban: Department of Civil Engineering, Middle East University, Amman 3626, Jordan

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aej.2024.12.078
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 116
pp. 512 – 524

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The UN Agenda 2030 recognised the critical role of urban areas as cultural, economic, and social life centres that can simultaneously address different sustainability goals and provide quick and more practical responses to associated problems. Goal 9 aimed to build resilient infrastructure, enhance sustainable and inclusive industrialisation and increase innovation, as stated by the UN. This review demonstrates our novel effort toward increasing understanding of the existing literature concerning integrating digital mapping technologies in urban development: advancing sustainable and resilient infrastructure for SDG 9 achievement. The review employed a systematic approach to literature search and selection. Results showed that SDGs' Resilient Infrastructure constituted 13.2 %, Sustainable Industrialisation/Smart Cities (30.2 %), Fostering Innovation (13.2 %), ICT (3.8 %), Digital Data (5.7 %), Urban/Climate Resilience (5.7 %), and other aspects of SDG 9 accounted for 28.3 %. SDGs were not addressed by the studies relating to SDG 5 (Gender Equality), SDG 9 (Infrastructure, Industry, and Innovation), SDG 12 (Responsible production and consumption), SDG 14 (life beneath water), and SDG 17 (Goals for partnership). A comparative dearth of research was also reported from low and middle-income nations. The study further indicated a lack of reliable data on SDG 9; finding what existed was challenging. These comprise economic shifts to viable urban design patterns, including smart cities, consumption and production, effective governance, and renewed international means and partnerships of SDG implementation. Another set of challenges comprised a dearth of economic and social inclusion, extensive regional variations and rural-urban gaps, and gender inequality among women and men. Lastly, this study proposed a conceptual framework for implementing SDG 9. The study inferred that digital transformation (DT) improves SDG 9 attainment. However, it might be mediated by the e-governance/brilliant city performance and stakeholder commitment level.

Published in Alexandria Engineering Journal

ISSN: 1110-0168 (Print); 2090-2670 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Technology: Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Website: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/alexandria-engineering-journal

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