Urban planning tools to achieve sustainable development goal (SDG) 11: study case in Brazil

Brazilian urban policy offers the possibility of several urban planning tools, which are responsibility by local governments. Among these urban planning and tax tools is the urban property tax (IPTU). This article aims to analyze the application of urban planning tools with an environmental bias to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), with emphasis on SDG 11. The 2030 Agenda has a time horizon of achievement until 2030. Few Brazilian municipalities have implemented urban planning tools with an environmental bias, which motivated our study. The methodology used was Sustainability SWOT as an instrument to support planning, because it allows assessing strengths, opportunities, weaknesses and threats of a specific problem. This study focused on two IPTU legislation with an environmental bias, called Green IPTU, from two cities, Cruz das Almas and Salvador, both in the State of Bahia/Brazil. Results show that environmental features used as criteria for granting a discount on the Green IPTU have an interface with the national goals of SDG 11, such as the improvement of participatory, integrated and sustainable management (SDG11.3) and prioritization of local resources (SDG 11.c). This study contributes to the perception that urban planning tools can promote sustainable and resilient cities.