PRINCIPLES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A PEDESTRIAN PLAN IN MEDIUM SIZE CITIES

In order to contribute to the effective humanization of the contemporary city and in line with the sustainability of urban areas, this paper focuses on primary pedestrian areas aiming to investigate and demonstrate the benefits of organization and the essential conditions of implementing “pedestrian networks†. The realization of its qualifying character in the urban environment should specify: •  The challenge of reinterpreting the idea of the city, due to the transformation of associated “urban forms†and “lifestyles†; •  The need to structure the territory, in order to promote the understanding and ownership of the different places that compose a city; •  The ability to generate synergies, as a means of affirming the “local†in the context of the “global†opportunities and threats. It is, therefore, disciplinary useful to test a methodological urban planning “process†with the aim to design and manage “pedestrian networks†, applicable in a range of cities considered of medium size, according to the European classification mainly based on population criteria.