PAISAGEM HUMANIZADA: SOLUÇÕES DE TECNOLOGIAS SOCIOAMBIENTAIS PARA CIDADES (PÓS-)PANDÊMICAS

INTRODUCTION: Although the World Health Organization (WHO) has decreed the end of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, there is still a lack of reflections on technological solutions and practices related to cities during similar periods. This is due to the effects of social isolation, automation of services, and restoration of work, study, leisure, and coexistence interactions, among other factors. Nevertheless, concerns persist regarding the functioning of urbanized areas considering subsequent – and practically certain – health crises, indicating a need of conscious preparation for a more sustainable future. AIMS: In this sense, the general objective of the research is to interpret solutions in socio-environmental technologies for urbanized scenarios applicable to the management of (post-)pandemic cities. MATERIALS AND METHODS: To achieve this aim and utilizing a multi-method structure (exploratory, descriptive, and analytical) and a qualitative-quantitative approach, the investigation was supported by three phases. Firstly, techniques, methods, theories, and basic concepts related to the subject were identified, in line with current and subsequent urban reality. Secondly, the results of a bibliometric study in journal databases (Scientific Electronic Library Online and Web of Science) were analyzed to collect ideas and alternatives for the third stage, which involves the proposal of subsidies for the organization of project, planning, and management processes. RESULTS: The achieved results demonstrate that the expression ‘socio-environmental technology(ies)’ is not explicitly mentioned in the selected texts, according to specific criteria applied, but it permeates several speeches of the academic community as a whole. In response to the research question about the main solutions of this kind of urbanized scenarios, both in international and national scientific production, the following interest areas are systematized through the categorization of identified options: urbanistic-technological renovations, urban-architectural innovations, and socio-environmental developments. FINAL CONSIDERATIONS: Based on the synthesis of examples and the evaluation of cases, it is concluded that there is a later possibility of a jointly testing of the guiding hypothesis that the simulation of innovative measures in these areas, adjusted to different conditions, enables the structuring of scenarios to mitigate deleterious interferences from pandemic phenomena, with a view to organizing contemporary cities for future moments.

KEYWORDS: Pandemics and cities; Environments and humanization; Landscapes and health; Policies and resilience; Metrics and innovation.