Database research record2021·Brazil
Cities’ Health Dimension Post-pandemic: Brazil Urban Planning Aspects
Ana Maria Girotti Sperandio, Ângela Alessandra Torezan Silingardi, Giovanna Gastaldo Cifoni, Rafael de Souza Salomão
The urban book series
Urban Farm DB summary
This chapter reviews Brazilian urban planning responses to COVID-19, connecting concepts of healthy cities, reviews of Brazilian legal frameworks, international documents, and case records to argue that articulation and cooperation among cities were essential to minimizing pandemic impacts. It presents active mobility initiatives, reframed public space use, and the implementation of urban community gardens as practical examples with immediate results during the pandemic, without reporting original quantitative data.