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When we think about the concept of form, which the traditional city heralds, we commonly think about a finite design, a compact, organized space composed of elements and components that over time have generated interactions and defined social structures and lifestyles. New urban forms instead go beyond the concept of form intended as “finiteness” (Benevolo 2011). In fact, the modern city expands over the territory, and its borders are pushed beyond the “physical confines” and administrative limits of the consolidated settlement structure.
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A lot of current research relates to the analysis and definition of indicators, the objective of which is to quantitatively measure qualitative parameters referring to the built environment, including subjective and contextual factors. Among these, the study proposed refers to important research of substantial national interest (MIUR-PRIN), which grew out of a collaboration between the School of Medicine at the universities of Genoa and Pavia on the theme of urban quality and the perception of health (PI Prof. P. Olando, Genova).
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Camaioni, C. (2018). Distinctive and Pleasant – Urban morphology and urban identity: landscape perception. In: Quality of Life in Urban Landscapes. The Urban Book Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65581-9_7
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