See the ranking of the most sustainable and innovative cities in Brazil 261u1j

Recently, the platform Bright Cities published the ranking of most sustainable cities and states in Brazil. Among the cities analyzed by the study, Barueri, a metropolitan city in the state of São Paulo, took the trophy for the most sustainable and developed city in the country. 1w67x

The research also observed the federative units and classified the Paraná as leader of the national ranking. Secondly, it is São Paulo, followed by Santa Catarina, Federal District e Minas Gerais. Check out the full list of cities and states who entered the ranking:

Criteria for classification of cities 3y591n

A Bright Cities is a virtual platform that evaluates cities and states and indicates the best solutions to improve them, making them more efficient and sustainable. In this edition, 25 cities across the country stood out in the ranking: in the region Southeast there were 5, all from the state of São Paulo, the second most sustainable state.

To elect the most developed cities in the country, the platform analyzed 326 cities of Brazil, which have more than 100 thousand inhabitants, using the global technical standard NBR ISO 37120 of 2021, created in January 2017 by Brazilian Technical Standards Association (ABNT), based on the goals of Sustainable Development (SDGs) and 2030 Agenda da United Nations (UN).

It is this norm that establishes the methodologies of the set of indicators used to analyze the sustainable development of municipalities, cities or governments. These indicators are related to sectors such as: economy, education, energy, environment, governance, finance, health, sports and leisure, transport, telecommunications and innovation and urban planning.

ABNT brought this standard to Brazil as NBR ISO 37120, and for the certification of cities, it brought a classification based on the number of essential and indicators completed. In this way, for the initial level, Bronze, it is necessary to fill in at least the 45 essential indicators and up to 14 indicators, with the level increase depending on the number of indicators completed, with the silver, gold and platinum.

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In all, 40 indicators were chosen, divided into five thematic pillars: 

• Prosperity: economy, innovation, infrastructure and social conditions;
• Management: evaluate factors that impact the quality of municipal management, public finances and gender in politics;
• Well-being: education; sport and culture; health; local/urban agriculture and food security; environment and climate change;
• Security: number of deaths related to fires, natural disasters, industrial accidents and traffic deaths;
• Infrastructure and basic services: the number of people with access to garbage collection, basic sanitation and sewage was observed.

Most Sustainable Innovative Sustainable Cities in Brazil (by region) 2c3k1w

The first five cities in each region of the country were awarded the trophy Bright Cities. We break it down by region, as shown below:

Northern Region 714s1s

• 1 º Palms (TO) 
• 2nd Araguaina (TO) 
• 3rd Boa Vista (RR) 
• 4 º Villena (RO) 
• 5 º Parauapebas (PA)

North East Region 52y3y

• 1 º Sobral (EC)
• 2 º Recife PE)
• 3 º Barriers (BA)
• 4 º Lauro de Freitas (BA)
• 5 º Aracaju (SE)

Southeast 75q20

• Inline Barueri (SP) 
• Inline Sao Caetano do Sul (SP)
• Inline Macaws (SP) 
• Inline Braganca Paulista (SP) 
• Inline Atibaia (SP) 

South 44e3c

• Inline Florianopolis (SC)
• Inline London (PR)
• Inline Curitiba (PR)
• Inline Maringá (PR)
• Inline Jaragua do Sul (SC)

Midwest region 55431n

• 1 º Goiania (GO)
• 2 º Brasilia DF)
• 3 º Cuiabá (MT)
• 4 º Itumbiara (GO)
• 5 º Sinop (MT)

Most innovative sustainable cities in Brazil (national) 2e6u4b

The top 10 cities in the ranking are located in the south and southeast, eight in São Paulo, one in Santa Catarina and one in Paraná. Of all, the most populous is Barueri, followed by São Caetano do Sul, with 162.763 inhabitants and Araras, with 136.739 people.  

• 1 º Barueri (SP)
• 2 º Sao Caetano do Sul (SP)
• 3 º Macaws (SP)
• 4 º Braganca Paulista (SP)
• 5 º Atibaia (SP)
• 6 º Sao Jose do Rio Preto (SP)
• 7 º American (SP)
• 8 º Florianopolis (SC)
• 9 º London (PR)
• 10 º Campinas, sp)

States more innovative and sustainable in Brazil 174h6v

In addition to the cities, the states are also included in the ranking, however, in this case the evaluation considered the three largest cities in each state. The winners were: 

• 1 º Paraná; 
• 2 º São Paulo;
• 3 º Santa Catarina; 
• 4 º Federal District;
• 5 º Minas Gerais;
• 6 º Tocantins;
• 7 º Goiás;
• 8 º Rio Grande do Sul;
• 9 º Mato Grosso do Sul;
• 10 º Roraima.

To view the complete result, access the page of the Bright Cities Ranking.

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Source: Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar) | Bright Cities

Text proofread by: Pedro Bomfim (08 / 08 / 23)