Abstract
Spatial accessibility as a driver to build an inclusive and proactive city
Highlights
Moving across urban spaces in an autonomous and sustainable way is becoming an increasingly difficult task for everyone, especially for the most fragile citizens
These requests and trends have combined with the just claims by people with disabilities, leading to the assumption of Universal Design (UD) principles by international policies (World Health Organization, 2001; European Commission, 2010; United Nations, 2016; Bencini et al, 2018)
Accessibility for all can be understood as a strategic issue of urban agendas and as a viewpoint from which many fields covered by the recent addresses and funding for a green transition can be co-ordinately tackled: social justice, physical and digital access to health and care services, people-centred spatial planning and design, sustainable and nature-based solutions (European Commission, 2020, 2021)
Summary
Moving across urban spaces in an autonomous and sustainable way (on foot, by bicycle, by public transport) is becoming an increasingly difficult task for everyone, especially for the most fragile citizens (the elderly, children, persons with disabilities). The perspective urban policies are prompted to take on is that of a “preventive urbanism” (Dorato, 2020), in which the issues of taking care in advance of both environmental and people’s health are joined with a deep rethinking of welfare services, their spatial layout, and urban setting (Marchigiani, 2022) In this frame, by integrating pedestrian and bicycle mobility, public transport, the provision of green areas and facilities, making city spaces accessible contributes to health and well-being precisely because it allows to deal with many challenges: from limiting the impacts of urbanization processes and vehicular traffic on environment and climate, to encouraging physical activity to help reduce the onset of chronic illnesses due to sedentary lifestyles and ageing. From a postCOVID perspective, the conclusions reflect on the relevance of the issues of inclusive, soft, and healthy mobility in fostering – in collaboration with universities – a deep rethinking of urban planning and design
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