(2021).ĭeurbanized cities as strongly sustainable human settlements. Joshua Hurtado Hurtado 1*, Marzia Sangio 2,Ĭitation: Hurtado Hurtado, J., et. Track title: Human-centred and nature-based approaches in citiesĭeurbanized Cities as Strongly Sustainable Human Settlements Type of the Paper: Peer-reviewed Conference Paper / Full Paper Finally, we establish deurbaniza-tion as a strongly sustainable approach to redesigning cities because it views the human and non-human natural world as equally valuable and necessary for life to flourish. We synthesize concepts and practices into the deurbanization framework to establish what practices would constitute deurbanized human settlements, and we briefly illustrate how some of these practices would take place in a design-case study. We first identify key principles of strong sustainability and deurbanization, and address their relevance for the design of human settlements. This paper examines the potential of the deurbanization framework to regenerate cities and transform human settlements into permanent habitats that build harmonious relations between human beings and non-human natural elements.

We argue that de-urban design and deurbanization offer a viable path for redesigning urban human settlements according to strong sustainability principles.

Additionally, concern for the well-being of the cities’ inhabitants becomes a secondary issue. This makes them inadequate from a sustainability perspective to both respect the sustainability perspective and to maintain critical natural capital in the long-term. Current approaches to sustainable urbanism follow a weak sustainability approach, which as-sumes technological and market-based solutions to sustainability problems in human settlements.

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