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Environmental Challenges to Gray Cities Becoming Green Cities
Within the logic of modern urban planning as one of the main elements in the management of urban areas, it is necessary to promote sustainable culture, which incorporates both the present and future generations. From this perspective, it is important to consider how urban planning promotes sustainable development and “green” cities. This approach is based on the current challenges of urban space and the model of modern urban planning (including the concepts of “green” vs. “gray”), which has gained prominence in cities through the accelerated process of urbanization. The authors use the expression “green” to describe environmentally sustainable, aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and “gray” refers to the modern, artificial architectural style of design that currently prevails. The aim of this chapter is to analyze the transition from gray cities to green (sustainable) cities in South America through a literature review. This chapter permeates the interdisciplinary nuances of environmental, social, and legal sciences inherent in the SDGs. The results show that, although the transition of a city from gray to green presents significant challenges, mainly due to the logic of modern planning, cities should promote environmentally sustainable policies aligned with the SDGs. This review highlights the need to (re)think urban planning models, especially their environmental-spatial aspects, to promote a culture that prioritizes green cities, seeking sustainable innovations, through infrastructure and urban sustainability that are in line with UN SDGs 9, 11, and 13.
Environmental Challenges to Gray Cities Becoming Green Cities
Within the logic of modern urban planning as one of the main elements in the management of urban areas, it is necessary to promote sustainable culture, which incorporates both the present and future generations. From this perspective, it is important to consider how urban planning promotes sustainable development and “green” cities. This approach is based on the current challenges of urban space and the model of modern urban planning (including the concepts of “green” vs. “gray”), which has gained prominence in cities through the accelerated process of urbanization. The authors use the expression “green” to describe environmentally sustainable, aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and “gray” refers to the modern, artificial architectural style of design that currently prevails. The aim of this chapter is to analyze the transition from gray cities to green (sustainable) cities in South America through a literature review. This chapter permeates the interdisciplinary nuances of environmental, social, and legal sciences inherent in the SDGs. The results show that, although the transition of a city from gray to green presents significant challenges, mainly due to the logic of modern planning, cities should promote environmentally sustainable policies aligned with the SDGs. This review highlights the need to (re)think urban planning models, especially their environmental-spatial aspects, to promote a culture that prioritizes green cities, seeking sustainable innovations, through infrastructure and urban sustainability that are in line with UN SDGs 9, 11, and 13.
Environmental Challenges to Gray Cities Becoming Green Cities
Implementing the UN Sustainable Development Goals – reg. Perspectives
Aguilar-Rivera, Noé (editor) / Borsari, Bruno (editor) / R. B. de Brito, Paulo (editor) / Andrade Guerra, Baltazar (editor) / Dias, Felipe Teixeira (author) / Pereira, Deborah Marques (author) / Clemente, Carlos Magno Santos (author) / Cremona Parma, Gabriel Oscar (author) / Beattie, Valeria Isabela (author) / de Andrade Guerra, José Baltazar Salgueirinho Osório (author)
2023-09-01
24 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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