World cities in terms of the sustainable development concept  

作　　者：Kostiantyn Niemets Kateryna Kravchenko Yurii Kandyba Pavlo Kobylin Cezar Morar 

机构地区：[1]Department of Human Geography and Regional Studies,Faculty of Geology,Geography,Recreation and Tourism,V.N.Karazin Kharkiv National University,Svobody Sq.4,Kharkiv 61022,Ukraine [2]Department of Geography,Tourism and Territorial Planning,Faculty of Geography,Tourism,and Sport,University of Oradea,University St.,C.,Hall Office 221,Oradea 410087,Romania

出　　处：《Geography and Sustainability》2021年第4期304-311,共8页地理学与可持续性（英文）

摘　　要：The article considers the issue of the world cities in terms of sustainable development.The population has been increasing in such intensive rates never reached during the middle of the 20th century.The expansion of the cities indicates,on the one hand,the growth of the world’s general socio-economic development,on the other hand,it raises a number of economic,social and environmental problems.The purpose of this paper is to analyze the current state and prospects of the world cities in terms of the sustainable development concept,to identify opportunities,threats,strengths and weaknesses of the world cities,to determine the role of cities in the con-temporary global world and consider further research of the world’s cities.The authors analyzed the world cities rankings and noted that highly developed cities have more chances to quickly implement the sustainable devel-opment concept compared to medium-sized cities due to larger financial resources.The authors built a SWOT analysis of the world cities transformation in terms of the sustainable development concept,identified strengths,weaknesses,opportunities and threats.According to the results of the SWOT analysis,the authors established that sustainable development of cities requires significant investments,particularly in the social sphere develop-ment,purification,and preservation of urban nature from the anthropogenic impacts.The research result is the systematization of the sustainable development criteria used in compiling the world cities rankings,determining the possibilities of the contemporary cities transition to the sustainable development concept.

关 键 词：World cities Sustainable development RANKING ECO-CITY Smart city Sustainable city 

分 类 号：X22[环境科学与工程—环境科学]