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In this article I address two interrelated topics: space construction and the perception of the built environment at
Palenque, Chiapas, during the Late Classic Period. Starting from the study of Palenque’s urban morphology and
by using Geographic Information System’s tools, I aim at underlying intentionality in specific buildings’ position
and to explore how people’s urbanity, that is their condition in the city and the experience of otherness, would
have transformed their perception of the environment. To this end, I will consider some characteristics of the

The traditional emphasis of Public Health on the type and quality of housing today merges with other wider determinants of health such as: the neighbourhood, the community and the "place" where a home is located, but also the policies that make access to a healthy home within everyone's reach.

The present paper concerns an environmentally sustainable neighborhood planning project, as part of the smart community, located in the municipality of Ladispoli, in the Metropolitan area of Rome, along the Tyrrhenian coast. The project was designed as a solution to two current issues, involving all the major urban areas of the Northern Hemisphere: the ageing population and the young New Immigrants Citizens integration; the purpose is, therefore, to create an intergenerational space of mutual support and exchange among the local residents.

The research here presented originates from some of the ongoing challenges of our society: the demographic changes and the high share of population living in urban areas. The aim of the research is the definition of an index of sustainability and quality of life for elderly at suburban scale, not only able to outline aspects related to the local territorial context but also to represent the neighbourhood level. This would provide significant added value to existing indicators that represent the quality of life for much larger areas as cities, regions and nations.

Self-reported and objectively-determined neighborhood built characteristics are associated with walking. This study investigated whether associations between the neighborhood built environment features and neighborhood walkability Index varied by sociodemographic and health-related characteristics. A random sample number of 385 adults (male=162, female=222) completed postal questionnaire capturing neighborhood walkability, socio-demographic characteristics, walking attitudes, and health-related characteristics (BMI).

Tra le sfide che caratterizzano la decrescita sostenibile dei centri urbani, un importante contributo alla definizione degli scenari futuri è dato dalle incertezze legate ai cambiamenti climatici. Le possibili azioni da intraprendere richiedono un ampio grado di adattabilità per incrementare la resilienza, ristabilendo il rapporto bidirezionale tra l’inevitabile interazione “uomo<->modifiche<->ambiente”.