TITLE:
A Spatial Sustainable Development Model Based on Partnership between Government, Community and Specialist in Baghdad
AUTHORS:
Mukdad A. Al-Khateeb, Nadhir Al-Ansari, Sven Knutsson
KEYWORDS:
Challenges of Sustainable Development in Iraq, Investment for Sustainable Development, Sustainable Development Capitals, Sustainable Communities, Sustainable Neighborhood, Triple Partnership
JOURNAL NAME:
Creative Education,
Vol.7 No.14,
August
24,
2016
ABSTRACT: Iraq is facing fatal challenges: internal, external and natural that are threatening the well-being of the Iraqi community at present and certainly jeopardizing the sustainable development at all levels of Sustainable Development (SD)-Capitals: natural, human and social, and manufactured/financial. This paper is intended to discuss on establishing a Sustainable Neighborhood in Baghdad, where it could serve as an experimental project to test the forms of expenditure that would guarantee the best eco-efficient transformation of expenditure to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The paper illustrates the challenges of SD and the factors that would exacerbate their effect unless dealing with through scientific-well managed procedures based on green growth policies and sustainable development strategies.