Abstract
The 2030 agenda for sustainable development seeks to eradicate poverty which is considered as a global challenge and also, a requirement to achieve sustainable development for all by 2030. It advocates for conservation and mains to enhance global resource base, by gradually changing the ways in which we develop and use technologies. Architecture is a field of study for planning and ordering of the built environment. Therefore, architects need to key into this plan to achieve the set goals as professionals by creating and preserving the quality of the built environment under the conditions of each community. This paper examines the role of Architects towards achieving the 17 goals of 2030 Agenda for Sustainable development in Nigeria. The research methodology adopted in this study is by review of related existing literature of the 17 sustainable development goals and finally developing a framework that can be adopted by architects in Nigeria to achieve a sustainable built environment. From the result of study, the impact of the goals were grouped into three parts; Major Challenge, Significant Challenge and Challenge remains. It concludes that architect’s role in attaining this development goals is indispensable as their designs affects man, his activities and the built environment.
Highlights
Architecture is known to establish profound realities not altered once in place, Architects as the master builder and more so, as a design community holds a responsibility towards buildings, humans and nature. [1] More than 700 million people of the world population with majority of them in sub-Saharan Africa survive on less than $1.90 a day and struggle to fulfil the most basic needs of decent accommodation, health, access to portable water, Infrastructure etc. [2] The United Nations 2019 report on Sustainable Development Goals, provided a blueprint for shared prosperity in a sustainable world where all people can live productive, vibrant and peaceful lives on a healthy planet [2]
It is a literature review study with the main sources of data from journals, workshop papers, United Nation database and available statistics. It looks at the position of Nigeria in achieving the 17 sustainable development goals (SDGS)
It can be deduced that much attention has been paid to SD G13 followed by SDG 12, and SDG 15
Summary
Architecture is known to establish profound realities not altered once in place, Architects as the master builder and more so, as a design community holds a responsibility towards buildings, humans and nature. [1] More than 700 million people of the world population with majority of them in sub-Saharan Africa survive on less than $1.90 a day and struggle to fulfil the most basic needs of decent accommodation, health, access to portable water, Infrastructure etc. [2] The United Nations 2019 report on Sustainable Development Goals, provided a blueprint for shared prosperity in a sustainable world where all people can live productive, vibrant and peaceful lives on a healthy planet [2]. The sustainable development goals (SDGs) derived from the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), defines the challenges we need to address today in other to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all. The Agenda does contain goals and targets, it tackles the challenge of implementation and a framework for follow up and review [4]. These SDGs are universal, integrated and bring about transformation [5]. As human there is need to have a rethink in the way we live, and as professional it is apt to ask; how can we recreate a world to achieve all the 17 sustainable goals by the year 2030? As human there is need to have a rethink in the way we live, and as professional it is apt to ask; how can we recreate a world to achieve all the 17 sustainable goals by the year 2030? Are our activities today as architects laying the right foundation to achieve the Sustainable
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