The Urban Scale of Nature: Stratification, Contamination and Sustainability

Every city is, to some extent, the sum of the stratification of different urban, architectural, and natural systems, which define through the centuries the physical, social, cultural and economic development of a place. Since modernization and rapid urban development have often put aside the importance of livability of cities in the name of progress, and more than half of the humanity now lives in urban areas, it is essential to study the impact of urbanization in the environment, in people, in the development of the city, in order to identify the strategies and policies that can improve the sustainability of our cities.