The Centrality of UN SDGs in Built Environment Academia

Richard Alexander Laing

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-96909-6_2

The Centrality of UN SDGs in Built Environment Academia

Richard Alexander Laing^*

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School of Architecture and Built Environment

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Abstract

This chapter explores ways in which the sustainable development goals can and do extend across subject area and activities in the built environment. Whilst it might well be the case that some disciplines arguably have a narrow and limited connection with the goals, concerns of the built environment disciplines extend across consideration of social, economic and technical issues to the point that all of the goals can be located within core subject areas. Therefore, it is argued that the challenge becomes not whether or how the SDGs can be somehow integrated within built environment academia, but instead how to do so in relation to the context, expertise and wider societal concerns of any given academic group.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Embedding Sustainability in Built Environment Curricula
Subtitle of host publication	Opportunities and Challenges
Editors	Michele Florencia Victoria, Richard Alexander Laing, Whitney Jane Bevan
Place of Publication	Cham, Switzerland
Publisher	Springer
Pages	15-25
Number of pages	11
Edition	1st
ISBN (Electronic)	9783031969096
ISBN (Print)	9783031969089, 9783031969119
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-96909-6_2
Publication status	Published - 22 Jul 2025

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Applied research
Education
Impact
Relevance
Taylor Swift

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Embedding Sustainability in Built Environment Curricula: Opportunities and Challenges. ed. / Michele Florencia Victoria; Richard Alexander Laing; Whitney Jane Bevan. 1st. ed. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, 2025. p. 15-25.

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