Literature review on healthy urban planning theme

PLANEJAMENTO URBANO SAUDÁVEL

Abstract

The quality of life and health promotion are directly related to urban planning as healthy cities promoter. In light of the theme relevance in the face of the current scenario, based on the need to know the current scientific publication related to this subject, a quantification and systematization research was carried out on scientific articles that approach the subject in focus, in addition to verify from which areas and institutions these published works are. In this way, this article reports a study based on the bibliographic review methodology, related to a predetermined period and scientific bases amount, in order to delimit a new field of study. From this methodology, it was evaluated the current bibliographic production in Latin America within the time frame between the years 2005 and 2016. Through the research stages establishment, which included the interrelationship of the keywords quality of life, urban planning and healthy municipalities to determine the study scope, it was possible to observe a progressive production growth related to the healthy city in the the period covered by study. On the other hand, the research pointed to a restriction related to the areas that deal with these issues, and thus the need for them to be expanded, since interdisciplinarity is one of the pillars of the theme presented here. Therefore, the results and reflections from this study can be a support to other researches development, insofar as the bibliographical references turned up convergent, being possible to perceive the need for constant research.