Abstract
There is currently a phenomenon of global urbanization, where in Europe intermediary cities play a major role by concentrating more than 40% of the European urban population. These types of cities have specific challenges regarding their sustainability and are key to meeting the objectives set out in the UN 2030 Agenda (United Nations, UN), due to their local character and proximity to the citizen. The intermediary cities of Andalusia in Spain, its urban sustainable development and its relationship with water are the object of analysis in this article. They are analyzed through the winning plans in the first call of the Spanish “Integrated Sustainable Urban Development Strategy ” (ISUDS). In this process, the citizens are the main actors through their participation in the elaboration of the ISUDS, in which they express the scope of the “hydrosocial contract ” of citizenship. The research presented in this article analyzes the latter through a methodological framework applied to the ISUDS, which shows the unequal interest of Andalusian intermediary cities when integrating water into their sustainable development. The article ends with a series of recommendations that make it possible to bring these cities closer to the “water sensitive cities ” stage.
Highlights
This article focuses on the relationship between four areas of interest regarding sustainability, such as: 1. Intermediary cities and their impact on global sustainability.2
The research presented in this article analyzes the latter through a methodological framework applied to the Integrated Sustainable Urban Development Strategy” (ISUDS), which shows the unequal interest of Andalusian intermediary cities when integrating water into their sustainable development
In the first call of the ISUDS, in October 2016, the Ministry selected as winning cities in the region of Andalusia those that appear in Table 1 below: Table 1
Summary
This article focuses on the relationship between four areas of interest regarding sustainability, such as: 1. Intermediary cities and their impact on global sustainability.2. This article focuses on the relationship between four areas of interest regarding sustainability, such as: 1. Intermediary cities and their impact on global sustainability. 2. Water in cities, as a natural asset limiting their growth, has a crucial impact on sustainability, and its relationship (nexus) with other urban assets such as energy and food. Of interest in its relationship with urban water. 4. The region of Andalusia, with its particular geographical context and impact in Spain. The importance of the research lies in the contribution of knowledge about the current condition of the relationship of citizens with water in the intermediate cities of Andalusia, measured through tools and sources of information that appear therein. We will detail each of the previous points, with a bibliographic review and the context in which they occur
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