The Potential of Accounting and Accountability in Advancing Sustainable Cities and Communities

Editors

• Vicky Lambert, University of Dundee
• Darren Jubb, University of Dundee
• Lee Roberts, University of Dundee
• Julie Bertz, Dublin City University
• Maresa Reill, Durham University

Description

This special issue explores how accounting and accountability can support the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 11 on sustainable cities and communities. While SDG 11 addresses urban sustainability broadly, existing implementation has been criticised for its top-down orientation, often overlooking the capacity of local communities to inform behaviour change, generate local knowledge, and create participatory spaces. The special issue seeks to understand how accounting and accountability mechanisms can mobilise local capacities to advance a just transition toward SDG 11 that prioritises community voices and participation.

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Potential topics

• How diverse theoretical, methodological, and empirical approaches can enrich understanding of accounting and accountability's role in advancing sustainable cities and communities
• What accounting and accountability mechanisms are mobilised in cities to adapt SDG implementation to unique local contexts and ensure sustainable outcomes for diverse communities
• The role of accounting and accountability in co-productive and participative spaces which enhance community involvement in achieving sustainable outcomes
• The extent to which emancipatory accounting and accountability approaches can shift power from city elites to marginalised communities in pursuit of sustainable cities and communities
• How conflicts within cities impede sustainability goals achievement and whether accounting and accountability mechanisms can intervene to mediate or resolve such conflicts