@article{fdi:010088388,
  title = {{U}rban green spaces in {B}razil : challenges and opportunities in the context of the {COVID}-19 pandemic},
  author = {{P}ereira da {S}ilva, {R}.{G}. and {L}ins {L}ima, {C}. and {Q}uinn, {S}.{D}. and {A}felt, {A}. and {L}aques, {A}nne-{E}lisabeth and {S}aito, {C}.{H}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{D}uring the {COVID}-19 pandemic, urban green spaces were considered less prone to contagion, and thus people adopted them as alternative sites for improving mental health.  {T}he {O}ne {H}ealth concept advocated by health organizations worldwide supports the idea that the well-being of urban residents is strongly linked with physical activity in green areas.  {A}s the world grapples with the physical and mental health consequences of the {COVID}-19 pandemic, it becomes clearer that access to urban green spaces is a human rights issue.  {T}his study compared previously-mapped urban green spaces in five metropolitan regions in {B}razil with the results of an extensive survey of municipal managers concerning possible increase




in demand of population for green spaces. {U}rban green spaces of over 625 m2 were mapped in 117 municipalities, the total area of 4170 km2 representing 37.4% of the urban spaces analyzed in the five metropolitan regions. 




{O}ut of these 117 municipalities, 49 had data available concerning demands of green spaces in the pandemic context. {O}verall, 20 municipalities (representing all five metropolitan regions) stated that there was an increase in visitation




in urban green spaces, and 13 more indirectly suggested possible demands. {W}hen sustainability transitions are understood as geographical processes that happen in concrete places, urban green spaces then represent real locations where sustainable transitions can begin.  {T}he unequal distribution of these spaces also brings into consideration a social justice perspective, as well as aspects of public health that involve climate change resilience and epidemiological risk ({SDG} 11).},
  keywords = {{BRESIL} ; {BRASILIA} ; {SAO} {PAULO} ; {MANAUS} ; {PORTO} {ALEGRE} ; {RECIFE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{S}tudia {E}cologia et {B}ioethicae},
  volume = {21},
  numero = {1},
  pages = {69--88},
  ISSN = {1733-1218},
  year = {2023},
  DOI = {10.21697/seb.2023.06},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010088388},
}