Defining Cittaslow Requirements in the Context of Sustainability

Abstract

Cittaslow International Association, a network of small scale urban settlements with population of less than 50.000, is defined as “an alternative sustainable town model” in literature because of adopting similar principles of sustainability. Cittaslow International has a charter and Cittaslow “requirements for excellence”, constituted by 72 indicators, clustered under seven principal titles, are one of the most significant parameter of this charter. These requirements contain examples of local practices which target to maintain the essence of Slowness and increase the quality of local

life. Within the scope of this paper, it is argued that 72 indicators of requirements are sharing multi- dimensional attributes which explain the sustainable contribution of Cittaslow program to town’s

management. The paper focuses on integrated approach of Cittaslow requirements within the context of sustainability and aims at developing a new definition on Cittaslow by analysing the contributions and relationships of indicators with each other. By means of diagram method, indicators will be analysed to reveal their sustainable and interrelated points of view. In this sense, diagram, composed on its own motion according to features of indicators, will provide to reinterpret the definition of Cittaslow Movement in a new expression.