Towards the Sustainability of Urban Development
Wiesław Sztumski
42-200 Częstochowa, ul. Okólna 89F (Poland)
Abstract
The paper concerns the social ecology of the city. It shows the different types of threats which metropolitan environment creates for citizens: lifestyle, social dissonance, security, management, enslavement, architectural weariness, identity, aesthetics, artificiality, self-government and democracy. Modern cities having certain advantages are also the source of evil. Stopping their further development is impossible, but one must strive to transform them into cities which are really for people. This is a huge challenge for a variety of specialists, also for philosophers. One can realize it, if one harmonizes the structure of the city with its functions and if one respect in the same measure the economic, social and ecological criteria by planning the further development of the cities.
Keywords:
city, urbanization, social ecology of the city, sustainable development, difficulties of life in the cityReferences
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Wiesław Sztumski42-200 Częstochowa, ul. Okólna 89F Poland
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