Spatial issues in the context of the slow city movement

Authors

  • Rafał Blazy Politechnika Krakowska im. Tadeusza Kościuszki, Wydział Architektury, Instytut Projektowania Miast i Regionów

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18778/1733-3180.17.01

Keywords:

spatial planning, new quality of life, new urban ideas

Abstract

The Slow City movement or Cittaslow began with an association of four Italian cities in 1999, and is developing very rapidly in Europe and beyond. In Poland at the moment it associates 20 cities. This movement aims at the development of small towns based on criteria designed to respect the quality of life in the spirit of the ideology of „slow life”. Its program contains a prototype system for quantifying factors that determine granting a city the title of Slow City. Such town are to become ideal places for a more hygienic and harmonious way of life, in line with our biological clock. The author made an attempt in this article to look at the philosophy of the movement from the perspective of spatial issues. The text presents selected solutions in the area of spatial planning and urban design in line with the ideological demands of the association.

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Published

2016-09-30

How to Cite

Blazy, Rafał. 2016. “Spatial Issues in the Context of the Slow City Movement”. Space – Society – Economy, no. 17 (September): 7-28. https://doi.org/10.18778/1733-3180.17.01.