From the accelerated process of global urbanization, themes that permeate the socio-environmental context of cities, echo as strong practical aspects to be debated and studied, for example, aspects of urban policies connected with governance. In this sense, this research seeks to answer the following question: to what extent do urban policies, together with the triad environmental, social, and governance (ESG), articulate and promote a sustainable production of urban spaces? The objective was to explore the existing gaps in the interrelationship of urban policies and governance through the perspective of sustainable production of urban spaces, seeking evidence in theoretical and practical ways. The methodology uses bibliometric techniques to systematically review the integration of documents specified in methodological treatment, first by establishing key search words, and sequentially defining the databases that could provide the necessary data for the systematic reflections of the research, narrowed to a period between the years 2017 and 2021 and through Scopus and Web of Science databases. Our research provides evidence that urban policies, connected with the execution of governance, become important both for the promotion of ecological balance and for the environmental maintenance of cities, striving for their preservation and at times restoration and revitalization, thus enabling the proposal to establish urban policies in connection with ESG.
A presente pesquisa emerge de uma construção teórico-metodológica embasada na tríade: Cidade, Meio Ambiente e Qualidade de Vida, elementos estes que devem coexistir na malha urbana, observando às funcionalidades socioambientais da cidade, objetivo linear da Política Urbana Brasileira. Nesse contexto, verificou-se à necessidade de traçar métodos e diretrizes de estudos multidisciplinares, considerando às nuances espaciais, ambientais e urbanísticas. Desse modo, no presente estudo buscou-se dialogar com os conceitos de cobertura vegetal e áreas verdes. Assim, o método empregado baseia-se na integração de dados teóricos e práticos, definindo: a) áreas verdes e vegetação; b) Meio Ambiente; e, c) praças e áreas de lazer. Para compreender a essa tríade, tornou-se necessário o estudo do espaço geográfico definindo uma área de estudo como sendo a cidade de Guanambi (Bahia), e a projeção espacial das áreas consideradas como praças. Para tanto, utilizou-se uma abordagem quali-quantiva, e o método de estudo de caso. Valendo-se ainda de geotecnologias. Compreendeu-se que o Índice de Área Verde Total (IAVT) se encontra abaixo do índice recomendado pelos órgãos internacionais, isto nas áreas das praças de Guanambi.
Defining global themes such as Urban Policy, Urban Sustainability, and even the Right to the City (RTTC) is fundamental to stimulating and establishing a continuous dialogue with the scientific community, mainly in the social sciences. Thus, understanding the dynamics around the scope of urban sustainability requires an analysis that is focused on multiple global realities. Taking a holistic view of Brazilian Urban Policy, this entry looks at the historical contexts that make urban sustainability the driving force behind this policy. In addition, an interdisciplinary consideration of urban sustainability is proposed using an analysis that is based on the connection between urban policies and social functions that reflect the idea of a sustainable city. The results of this analysis also point to the need for a continuous debate on the subject that primarily promotes new discoveries; this is so that the driving force of urban policy can gain new meanings and new guidelines can be implemented.
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