Care

Designing roads for health from the lesson of Bernard Rudofsky. The historical Mediterranean centers as paradigms of a city that produces healthy lifestyles and a pedestrian-friendly

In the Twentieth Century, the metropolis were invaded by automobiles, producing pollution and encouraging the coming up of unhealthy sedentary lifestyles and, consequently, of chronic diseases such as obesity, asthma and hypertension. This invasion was encouraged by the paradigms of urbanism and urban design of the Modern Movement, crystallized in the Athens Charter, that – consciously or unconsciously- realized metropolis and car-friendly roads.

Designing roads for health from the lesson of Bernard Rudofsky. The historical Mediterranean centers as paradigms of a city that produces healthy lifestyles and a pedestrian-friendly

In the Twentieth Century, the metropolis were invaded by automobiles, producing pollution and encouraging the coming up of unhealthy sedentary lifestyles and, consequently, of chronic diseases such as obesity, asthma and hypertension. This invasion was encouraged by the paradigms of urbanism and urban design of the Modern Movement, crystallized in the Athens Charter, that – consciously or unconsciously- realized metropolis and car-friendly roads.

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