Bardócz landscape architect Alexander appeared from the pen of a very important and interesting to write the architectural board , where the slowdown is a virtue: the movement CittàSlow address. The 'Slow Cities' ideal of Italy started in the essence of the man-centered and the importance of the quality of life.

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[...] The Italian "town" (Città) and the English word "slow" (slow) expression from the title of a new trend in urban millennium development block. The idea is to CittàSlow recognizing that all aspects of life in the rush to become the dominant, and this rush to the cities and getting noisier stresszesebbé you try to present an alternative - a "slow city" - the quality of urban living conditions by developing systems. The 'slow town' to rehumanizált, creating an ecologically more correct environmental conditions, food production and rethinking of the relationship between the municipality, community sites (forums) of the Renaissance period.

a "slow city" - Anghiari, Italy | photos: www.anghiari-info.com

The seeds of movement
The CittàSlow, ie, the Slow Cities (Slow Cities), the idea of Slow Food, ^a movement inspired. ^two initiators of the Italian Paolo Saturnino, the mayor of the town of Greve in Chianti. The movement is the establishment of the 1999th October 15 from anew when Bra, Greve in Chianti, Orvieto and Positano Mayor and Carlo Petrini, Slow Food movement, Slow Cities father signed the Charter of Orvieto. The League of Slow Cities has more than 70 Italian cities joined the movement and is on track to become a global product. In 2003, the United Kingdom has CittàSlow members were added, the first town of Ludlow joined the ranks. With the formation of the CittàSlow UK. In 2004, Aylsham, Canterbury, and joined the British Diss "Subsidiary". ³

"The city's network, where the quality of life is important"
The above line is the "slow cities" slogan. The city is slow - the Charter issued by - the city

• with the surrounding area and a way to develop its own specific features and characteristics in which the recovery and recycling featured prominently;
• which the built environment for the development strengthens its policies, which are not indifferent to the area's history, traditions and human's needs;
• technologies and modes of thinking which aims to improve quality of life and the city in a way that the authorities use to enhance the quality and tradition;
• and the production of traditional food production and environmentally friendly technologies created as a result, without genetic engineering technologies;
• whose products are based on local culture and its traditions, which make it unique in the area;
• which the layers of customer support and preference for local products and crafts are widely promotálják their goods in local markets, fairs, town on the series of events, while maintaining a productive and personal relationships between the customer;
• which satisfies the requirements of high hospitality of local residents and visitors to the city relations tool in the development incentive;
• to ensure residents of the community based on quality and tradition within the daily quality of life requirements;
• that all citizens of working there and visiting people aware that the quality of life, the quality of food and beverages, as well as those surrounding the conviviality of the city's local traditions, products and production methods of quality comes from.

The criteria for slow city

The CittàSlow developed by 55 different certificates that must meet the criteria for that city, who claims to want to define as the SlowCity. The criteria from a ghost town picture emerges, which gives residents time to enjoy the quality of life and increasingly it is able to break the dependency causing global systems. Cities, which are equipped with high quality public areas, theaters, shops, inns, historic buildings, unspoilt landscape. Cities where traditional crafts still an everyday thing to have adapted to the seasons in which the local range with a healthy diet, healthy lifestyle and enjoyment of life is the center of community life. In these sacred cities "Bacchusait" is not just the food, drinks and delights of interest, but also overcome the problems of the modern city.

A city that wants to slow down, the less traffic and noise mitigation measures introduced, increasing the proportion of urban green areas, planting trees, pedestrian zones develops, promotes and delivers benefits to the local economy and keeps alive the traditions of their own. Not so easy to get into this circle. The "Slow City" still slowly becoming a trademark, and today nearly 50 thousand people can say in Italy, Austria, Australia, Britain, Germany, Norway, Spain, Poland and South Korea ⁴ , to "slow city" in residence. [...]

Full article
Wikipedia Article cittaslow word
"Slow Cities" in Italy
"Slow Cities" in England
Bardócz Alexander's blog

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