Volume I. Production and economic systems: Sustainable Development Goals: Local Experiences from Tlajomulco in the Context of the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area

The ebook Sustainable Development Goals: Experiences from the Local Level. Tlajomulco in the Context of the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area. Volume I: Productive and Economic Systems analyzes the implementation of the 2030 Agenda from the economic and productive dimensions at the municipal level. This volume is grounded in the recognition that the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) must be translated into local scales through metrics, policies, and strategies adapted to specific contexts beyond consolidated national indicators.

The book examines how the productive systems of Tlajomulco de Zúñiga can align with goals such as decent work and economic growth (SDG 8), industry, innovation, and infrastructure (SDG 9), responsible production and consumption (SDG 12), and reduced inequalities (SDG 10). Through specialized studies, it analyzes productive linkages, digital transformation, territorial innovation, and the role of businesses in advancing the SDGs, identifying progress, challenges, and opportunities to strengthen sustainable competitiveness.

The volume integrates interdisciplinary academic perspectives that connect economics, public policy, and governance, emphasizing the importance of building local institutional capacities to promote sustainable development. It also proposes strategic guidelines for evidence-based public policy formulation aimed at fostering innovation ecosystems, sustainable productive transitions, and coordination among public, private, and social actors.

Overall, the work provides an analytical and forward-looking framework demonstrating how local economic activity can become a driver of sustainable development when aligned with principles of inclusion, environmental sustainability, and social responsibility. The case of Tlajomulco is thus presented as a territorial laboratory that highlights the potential of municipalities to contribute strategically to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda from the local level.