Capability approach and urban planning. Fertile urban capabilities and qual-ity of urban life of the most disadvantaged inhabitants

Journal title ARCHIVIO DI STUDI URBANI E REGIONALI
Author/s Ivan Blecic, Arnaldo Cecchini, Valentina Talu
Publishing Year 2018 Issue 2018/122
Language Italian Pages 19 P. 34-52 File size 214 KB
DOI 10.3280/ASUR2018-122003
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Starting from a reflection on the possibility to employ the capability approach as a methodological and operational framework for urban planning theory and practices, the authors introduce the concept of urban capability and illustrate how the concept may prove useful for the evaluation and for the design of enabling urban policies and projects which aim at guaranteeing and promoting the real freedom of each to live a quality urban life.

Keywords: Quality of urban life; capability approach; urban capabilities; disad-vantaged inhabitants.

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Ivan Blecic, Arnaldo Cecchini, Valentina Talu, Approccio delle capacità e pianificazione urbana. Capacità urbane feconde e qualità della vita urbana degli abitanti più svantaggiati in "ARCHIVIO DI STUDI URBANI E REGIONALI" 122/2018, pp 34-52, DOI: 10.3280/ASUR2018-122003