Abstract
A sustainable city should promote the active participation of its civil society in urban planning and development of cities as the means to satisfy their needs. However, the absence of an appropriate platform has caused the public to lose interest and neglect the process of planning and development. This article attempts to develop a conceptual framework for sustainable cities and communities’ empowerment through the introduction of community-based monitoring as a means to increase community resilience and well-being. Community-based monitoring is designed to be instrumental in addressing environmental sustainability issues with public participation, where the community champions the environmental monitoring process for the decision making of planning and development of cities. The conceptual framework is expected to serve as an approach in driving the urban community towards attaining a more inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable environment.
Highlights
Rapid urban development has induced many environmental problems at the local level, and it urgently needs to be monitored and addressed
This is in line with the concept of a sustainable city that involves environmental mitigation, and the active participation of local citizens to interact with the policymakers to achieve a sustainable quality of life [1]
Community-based monitoring is proposed as a tool in driving the direct participation of the local community
Summary
Rapid urban development has induced many environmental problems at the local level, and it urgently needs to be monitored and addressed. As we fail to fully understand the values and motivations of surrounding communities, this will lead them to lose their interest, and the likelihood of sustaining community participation will never be achieved [6] This will affect the capacity of community participation in integrated planning and management of the cities. The authors frame the question of how to localise environmental sustainability agenda as stipulated in SDG11 They further answer how to enhance community empowerment through the participation in city planning and decision making, especially towards environmental issues. With community-based monitoring in place, urban planning is not merely the responsibility of local authorities and government agencies; it empowers local communities to participate in environmental monitoring towards achieving the SDGs
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