Abstract
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.
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This chapter was produced by the Center for Sustainable Development (GREENS), of the University of the South of Santa Catarina (Unisul) and Instituto Ânima (AI) in partnership with the UniFG Observatory of the Northeastern Semiarid Region (Observatório UniFG do Semiárido Nordestino), in the context of the BRIDGE project – Building Resilience in a Dynamic Global Economy: Complexity through scales in the Brazilian Food-Water-Energy Nexus, funded by the Newton Fund, Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa e Inovação do Estado de Santa Catarina (FAPESC), Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES), National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), and Research Councils United Kingdom (RCUK). In addition, we are grateful for all the linguistic and cooperative support given by Dr. Robert Samuel Birch, Honorary Researcher, Harrison Hughes School of Engineering/Walker Building, The Quad Liverpool. We also thank the team of editors of this project (Springer) for providing a scientific space that deals with topics relevant to sustainable development.
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Dias, F.T., Pereira, D.M., Clemente, C.M.S., Cremona Parma, G.O., Beattie, V.I., de Andrade Guerra, J.B.S.O. (2023). Environmental Challenges to Gray Cities Becoming Green Cities. In: Leal Filho, W., Aguilar-Rivera, N., Borsari, B., R. B. de Brito, P., Andrade Guerra, B. (eds) SDGs in the Americas and Caribbean Region. Implementing the UN Sustainable Development Goals – Regional Perspectives. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91188-1_2-1
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