Cittaslow

Cittaslow International
Formation15 October 1999 (25 years ago) (1999-10-15)
HeadquartersOrvieto, Italy
Region served
Worldwide
Membership
297 (March 2024)[1]
Honorary President
Paolo Saturnini
International President
Mauro Migliorini - Mayor of Asolo
Secretary General
Pier Giorgio Oliveti
Websitewww.cittaslow.org

Cittaslow is an organisation founded in Italy and inspired by the slow food movement. Cittaslow's goals include improving the quality of life in towns by slowing down its overall pace, especially in a city's use of spaces and the flow of life and traffic through them.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

  1. ^ "CITTASLOW LIST" (PDF). Retrieved 3 June 2024.
  2. ^ Parkins, Wendy; Craig, Geoffrey (2006). Slow Living. Berg. p. 79. ISBN 978-1-84520-160-9.
  3. ^ Tranter, Paul J.; Tolley, Rodney (2020). Slow cities: conquering our speed addiction for health and sustainability. Amsterdam: Elsevier. doi:10.1016/C2017-0-03013-6. ISBN 978-0-12-815316-1.
  4. ^ Mayer, Heike; Knox, Paul L. (2006). "Slow Cities: Sustainable Places in a Fast World". Journal of Urban Affairs. 28 (4): 321–334. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9906.2006.00298.x. S2CID 154519365.
  5. ^ Knox, Paul L. (2005). "Creating Ordinary Places: Slow Cities in a Fast World". Journal of Urban Design. 10 (1): 1–11. doi:10.1080/13574800500062221.
  6. ^ Miele, Mara (2008). "CittàSlow: Producing Slowness against the Fast Life". Space and Polity. 12 (1): 135–156. doi:10.1080/13562570801969572. S2CID 144503210.
  7. ^ Çiçek, Mesut; Ulu, Sevincgul; Uslay, Can (2019). "The Impact of the Slow City Movement on Place Authenticity, Entrepreneurial Opportunity, and Economic Development". Journal of Macromarketing. 39 (4): 400–414. doi:10.1177/0276146719882767.