HEALTHY AND SUSTAINABLE CITIES

urban accessibility as an instrument for effectiveness of the human rights of people with disabilities

Abstract

Based on the principle that cities are in constant development, it is clear that the urban structure can be configured as a space for exclusions, inequalities and disregard for the well-being and quality of life of its inhabitants. Thus, more and more practical measures have been sought to guarantee the right to a healthy, balanced, accessible and quality of life urban environment, especially for vulnerable groups, among which we highlight people with disabilities, who are victims of inaccessibility problems and socio-spatial exclusion. Thus, adopting the deductive method, based on an interdisciplinary bibliographic approach between human rights and urbanism, the present work aims to critically present the new model of sustainable and healthy city and its proposal to reverse the logic of exclusion of people with disabilities, who, affected by the lack of adequate urban infrastructure, have their fundamental rights violated. From the discussion carried out, it is possible to conclude that, through new ways of thinking about the city, it can be understood that the so-called healthy and sustainable city is in constant link with the right to urban accessibility for people with disabilities, which, as an instrumental right, allows the city to be enjoyed by all, on an equal basis, and to be used as a means for the realization of the ideal of social inclusion and the realization of the right to the city.