the city network self regulated
Observatory
Transformations Urban Planning: Directions for use
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There is a difficulty objective, beyond the subjective limits, exposing in a simple and comprehensive urban planning and the object of its studies and its applications. The city does not merely analyze soil characterization, calling local, historical evolution of the house or even the existing physical facilities, separate function, or morphology of the districts and blocks, the layout of streets and squares, green, equipment, services etc.; understand complex systems such as human dwelling places means addressing the social life of people with their habits, relationships, activities, movements, or to study the history of the company have settled in towns and villages. Each transformation affects the lives of the people by changing social relations. The structure of political and economic power since the dawn of history the city has always advocated the right to shape the place of living memory of him delivering a major urban transformation, in addition to important architectural monuments, palaces and churches designed to celebrate dynasties , etc families. Today these powers to submit the land use decisions in their business and their markets and are no longer content to settle in the heart of the town, but invade the real estate speculation throughout the country. In half of the time of the grand dukes and kings, and the time of the monetization of the existing, in our country there was a short historical period, between 1948 and 1978, which laid the legal foundations of a well designed urban design and government as a national public body, according to the overriding public interest. Time concluded by the new urbanism that has contracted disintegrated along with the rigidity of the constraints, the very notion of public interest. From here we move as an observatory, because we think that only a conscious participation of active citizenship can allow a return to the city's social and environmental planning. To say this to the attention of all some basic planning issues.
short cycle or zero traffic
a notion that there is borrowed from environmentalists such as the short cycle of goods (which allows for better traceability of the production chain, or a decrease in traffic so you time and money) can be applied to urban planning through a generalization of the problem exists during movement of people in the city, out of necessity or pleasure, a dissipation of psychophysical energy, fuel, time and money untenable. You can of course consider alternative ways of travel, but we need above all to work on the structure of space, reducing distances or paths, studying short cycles between the housing and essential services that must be brought back to size the neighborhood to neighborhood, where it is reasonable (kindergartens, basic schools, gyms, post offices, basic health services, etc..) and put the size of a city service facilities along routes well served by public transport and easily accessible from all parts of city. The waste collection door to door "has been sufficiently disclosed separately and included in its utility as useful, but for now practiced at all, would be the transport of persons to places of work and study through a system of survival, in supplied to companies and schools, which collect students and workers in their districts to carry them to the destination. Short cycles, not only of goods but also of the people there can significantly reduce excessive traffic private citizen.
zero growth or less in terms of territory
Giving to extend the city is to achieve substantial savings of public money in terms of lower costs of electricity, water, services etc sweeping reduction of routes means once again saving energy . Even with regard to the waste cycle you can get significant savings if we think of territory as well drained and then select new settlements. The installation of new enterprises of great production, great marketing, mass consumption should be conditioned not only by the possibility a good public transport service, provided by the company concerned, but should be also examined the cycle of waste and disposal of packaging, which must not rest on the community. Today the city, and Livorno is no exception, within the zones have also built former industrial areas, railways, military, etc.. who have lost their original function and which, if well used for public interest, could enable to redesign the city to zero growth and energy, with a better distribution of services.
resocialization of the city
The city is desertified: the dense network of relationships historically layered and torn in several places and the richness of urban life report has been greatly reduced. In this context, the fear of the relationship has changed more easily and engage with each other. The few responses from the revitalization of the historic trading system with assistance from pedestrian and street workers trying to resist the marginalization of the original trade center destroyed by competition from supermarkets were born at the edge of the city. But as soon as the lights go down is merciless truth devoid of centrality of their economic and social role. Even city parks, except in some urban villa, a few, disjointed, and poorly treated during the day and night are not very popular are meeting points of the marginal fringe. Almost certainly not work as centers for meeting and socializing. In addition to the pedestrian streets and squares overrun by traffic to return to a new role of re-socialization, we must build public community centers, civic centers of social rehabilitation.
quality urban city walks
The concept of quality site landscaping to protect and preserve the city and very well apply not only to natural areas. A stroll through a beautifully restored old town and it is gratifying, therefore, vital, or walk along a tree-lined street in the city's green facilities, if any, is a pleasant experience. Walking in small pedestrian streets, shaded by trees and hedges in the gardens that are perceived beyond the walls is as exciting as walking into a high-quality architecture, which does not replace easily with a few street lamps and some bench. Protect and enhance the system of historic towns, built according to criteria of quality, legible transform the city while maintaining the historic urban design is as important as protecting coasts and hills. Increase the system of parks and green spread is not only essential to health, but also for the general welfare of the citizens.
Livorno 23 March 2oo9
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