Impacts of the rains in Brazil: How the climate crisis affects populations in risk areas
In February 2023, the municipality of São Sebastião, on the north coast of São Paulo, experienced a tragedy as a result of heavy rains that reached 640mm in 24 hours and caused landslides and a lot of suffering. In addition to the rain, the complicating factor was that many families were in high-risk areas and had no [...]
Social urbanism and sustainable development in cities
Understand the relationship between social urbanism and sustainable development in cities and get to know a material that seeks to support leaders from vulnerable territories in building more inclusive cities.
1st Brazilian Social Urbanism Meeting to be attended by Diagonal
From May 9 to 12, the city of Recife will host the First Brazilian Meeting of Social Urbanism. With the theme "Brazilian cities in perspective", the event will be attended by specialists in social urbanism from various regions of Brazil and Latin America, grassroots leaders, public managers, professionals from third-party organizations [...]
Discontinuity of policies is a barrier to inclusion in poor neighborhoods, points out social urbanism guide
Insper initiative details mistakes and successes of projects in vulnerable areas
Public policies need to integrate communities
In an interview with 'Nexo', researcher and organizer of the Guide to Social Urbanism Carlos Leite talks about the importance of combining social organization and government action in the most vulnerable territories.
Diagonal and Insper's Arq.Futuro de Cidades launch Social Urbanism Guide
Download Diagonal and Insper are proud to announce the launch of the Social Urbanism Guide, a non-academic manual that aims to support leaders from vulnerable territories and public managers to build more inclusive cities, promoting the requalification of these territories in an integrated, continuous and transformative way. The Guide is an initiative of [...]
New Pinheiros River: a case of the union between social work and engineering design
The Novo Rio Pinheiros program is a sanitation initiative aimed at improving the water quality of this iconic river in the city of São Paulo and the health and living conditions of the population that occupies its basin. The Pinheiros River is 25 km long and collects water from a basin of 271 [...]
Social urbanism in the slum climate crisis
The challenge for land management is to carry out preventive and emergency urban planning systematically and continuously throughout the year.
Land regularization is an ally in bringing dignity to vulnerable communities
Check out Álvaro Jucá's article on page 6.
Diagonal experts give an overview of COP-27
Floods, droughts, forest fires, heatwaves and extreme weather conditions are increasingly frequent events. The planet is experiencing a climate crisis and the consequences ...
