Identification and analysis of critical barriers for achieving sustainable development in India
Journal of Modelling in Management
ISSN: 1746-5664
Article publication date: 25 March 2022
Issue publication date: 28 April 2023
Abstract
Purpose
Achieving sustainable development in terms of people, prosperity and partnership is the main aspect in any country’s plan for development. This sustainable development has to be achieved in three major dimensions, that is, economic, social and environmental in an integrated, balanced and systematic way. The same is highlighted in the United Nations’ (UN) vision for sustainable development by 2030. The purpose of this study is to identify the critical barriers of urban sustainability and gender equality with reference to Indian context, to suggest the strategies to achieve sustainable development in the referred area and to evaluate the relationship between them.
Design/methodology/approach
The major contribution of this study lies in the development of a contextual relationship model from the various identified critical barriers in Indian context, using interpretive structural modeling with MICMAC analysis.
Findings
Of the 17 goals given by UN, considering the Indian context, the goals of building resilient infrastructure, promoting inclusive and sustainable industrialization and fostering innovation; promoting sustained and inclusive economic growth along with full and productive employment and decent work for all; and gender equality and empowering women at all levels seem to be the major challenges and the same are selected in this study for further analysis. To understand the major challenges in these areas and also to find the way forward, the study has set following three major objectives: to identify the critical barriers of urban sustainability and gender equality with reference to Indian context; to suggest the strategies to achieve sustainable development in the referred area; and to evaluate the relationship between them.
Originality/value
Considering the highly volatile and complex demand requirements, this approach may help to enable the government to tackle issues/challenges related to both urban sustainability and gender inequality on priority basis and in a holistic manner to achieve the goals of sustainable development, thereby improving the quality of life.
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Acknowledgements
The authors are grateful to the Editor and all anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments and suggestions to improve the content of this paper.
Funding: The authors declare that there was no funding agency that provided research grant and support for this research.
Citation
Parida, R., Katiyar, R. and Rajhans, K. (2023), "Identification and analysis of critical barriers for achieving sustainable development in India", Journal of Modelling in Management, Vol. 18 No. 3, pp. 727-755. https://doi.org/10.1108/JM2-11-2020-0288
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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