Abstract
The population increase in cities implies the need to balance environmental, social, and economic demands in such a way that growth is guided by sustainable development. This research aimed to build a model for evaluating the performance of urban sustainability in a small Brazilian city. To structure the model, the multicriteria decision support methodology-constructivist (MCDA-C) was adopted, which aims to identify the objectives and criteria of a context based on the actors’ values. The measurement model resulted in 66 criteria, which were measured by considering the reference levels (Good and Neutral). The results of the analysis through the model showed that the city’s urban sustainability performance was good in 45 criteria, excellent in 20, and compromising in 1. Thus, there is a theoretical contribution by presenting a multi-criteria performance assessment methodology focused on the sustainability of small towns and practice by helping to formulate and evaluate public policies. In addition, when confronting the criteria of the model built with the objectives of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), it was identified that, although they are partially aligned, the improvement of performance in local sustainability has positive effects on achieving global goals.
Highlights
With the expansion of cities, several environmental, social, and economic problems have begun to emerge [1]
The most widespread definition for sustainable development was given by the World
The construction of the performance measurement (PM) model occurred from the application of the MCDA-C
Summary
With the expansion of cities, several environmental, social, and economic problems have begun to emerge [1]. The existence of slums, the low quality of life of the population, the reduction of natural resources, air pollution, and low levels of economic development are some examples [2]. This reality can be identified in the most varied sizes of cities [3]. According to [2], in urban sustainability, the three dimensions can be worked on in situations related to aspects of people’s lives, such as education, culture and health, waste treatment, city vegetation, discharge of polluting gases, quality and the growth of the economy, and the reduction of waste
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