Cities located in the Arctic often have extreme geographic and environmental contexts and unique sociopolitical and economic trajectories that, when combined with amplified effects of climate change in the region, impact future sustainable development. Well-recognized and standardized sustainable development indicator (SDI) frameworks such as ISO 37120 or UN-Habitat City Prosperity Index are often used to compare data across cities globally using comprehensive sets of indicators. While such indexes help characterize progress toward development and guide short- and long-term decision-making, they often lack relevance to specific contexts or characterize future visions of urban growth. To evaluate the extent of these deficiencies and to provide a comparative analysis of approaches to sustainable urban growth in the Arctic, this paper analyzes city planning documents for five northern cities - Anchorage (USA), Utqiagvik (USA), Reyjavik (ISL), Iqaluit, (CAN), Whitehorse, (CAN) - for goals, targets, and indicators and compare these to thematic areas and indicators defined by ISO 37120:2018 Sustainable Cities and Communities. The results confirm that although international SDI frameworks may be useful for comparative analysis of cities across diverse regions, they exclude important local factors that influence goal-oriented urban sustainability planning strategies employed in the Arctic region.

位于北极的城市往往具有极端的地理和环境背景以及独特的社会政治和经济轨迹，再加上该地区气候变化的放大效应，会影响未来的可持续发展。 ISO 37120 或联合国人居署城市繁荣指数等公认的标准化可持续发展指标 (SDI) 框架通常用于使用综合指标集来比较全球各城市的数据。虽然此类指数有助于描述发展进展并指导短期和长期决策，但它们往往缺乏与特定背景的相关性或描述城市发展的未来愿景。为了评估这些缺陷的程度并对北极地区可持续城市增长的方法进行比较分析，本文分析了五个北方城市的城市规划文件：安克雷奇（美国）、乌特恰维克（美国）、雷雅未克（ISL）、伊魁特, (CAN), Whitehorse, (CAN) - 目标、具体目标和指标，并将其与 ISO 37120:2018 可持续城市和社区定义的主题领域和指标进行比较。结果证实，虽然国际 SDI 框架可能有助于对不同地区的城市进行比较分析，但它们排除了影响北极地区采用的以目标为导向的城市可持续发展规划策略的重要当地因素。