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In this chapter, proximity is defined in relation to urban mobility and ecological connections, with infrastructures and the environment representing two essential networks for the regeneration of contemporary cities. The fragility of cities (territorial vulnerabilities and social divisions) imposes a rediscovery of the notion of caring and the wellbeing of residents (health and safety). This is possible by promoting paths for slow and active mobility, completed by and unfolding within vaster ecological-environmental and landscape corridors. The quarter becomes a field for experimenting with new variable geometry networks, to be calibrated concerning needs of accessibility and inclusion, of public health, not to mention the implementation of an ecological and digital transition. In this vision, the base units of settlement resemble the cells of a healthier body. The action of caring becomes an attitude toward design focused on increasing resilience toward future challenges, rather than a solution to the problems of the past.
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Covid-19—Situazione nel mondo (salute.gov.it).
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Italian environmentalist association, instituted in 1980. Legambiente is involved in awareness-raising campaigns and mobilisation to defend the territory, the environment and human health. The association combats problems of smog, nuclear energy, unauthorised construction, and illegal waste dumps. Additionally, Legambiente promotes alternative and renewable energies, energy savings and the conservation of protected areas.
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CIVITAS is one of the flagship programs helping the European Commission achieve its ambitious mobility and transport goals, and in turn those in the European Green Deal. Since its launch in 2002, CIVITAS has advanced research and innovation in sustainable urban mobility and enabled local authorities to develop, test and roll out measures via a range of projects. A series of ten thematic areas underpin these (https://civitas.eu/about).
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Referring to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities from 2006 (ratified by Italy in 2009) “Persons with disabilities include those who have long-term physical, mental, intellectual or sensory impairments which in interaction with various barriers may hinder their full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others”.
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The Decree issued by the Ministry of Public Works on 14 June 1989, n. 236 titled Prescrizioni tecniche necessarie a garantire l’accessibilità, l’adattabilità e la visitabilità degli edifici privati e di edilizia residenziale pubblica, ai fini del superamento e dell’eliminazione delle barriere architettoniche implemented Law 13/1989. Article 3 defines three general criteria for defining a space (built and open) of quality: accessibility, visitability and adaptability. In particular, “accessibility reaches its highest level when it consents the total fruition of one’s surroundings”.
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The PAU is a technical document that illustrates the relations between buildings, infrastructures and users, pointing out risks, obstacles or other sources of embarrassment or discrimination.
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The term was coined by Horace Walpole during the eighteenth century.
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The Ospedali di Comunità are healthcare facilities for medically stable patients who no longer require hospital care but remain too unstable to be treated as outpatients or in-home patients.
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The Casa di Comunità is a multipurpose facility that offers healthcare and social services under one roof, thanks to the cooperation among and integration of multiple healthcare professionals and outpatient structures. Additionally, the presence of social workers in the Case di Comunità makes it possible to reinforce the role of territorial social services (Bartoloni 2021). The social dimension is the distinguishing feature of the Case della Salute.
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