Right to the City

Abstract

Cities contain more than half of the world's population. Urban sprawl and environmental degradation would cause irreparable damage to the cities and their citizens. A considerable number of the urban population suffer from the lack of human rights in the cities. Fundamental principles ought to be respected in order to achieve the desired standards of living, Human dignity and the well-being of citizens. The right to the city is an idea, recently having drawn social movements and urban designers' attention to the fact that preserving the fundamental human rights in the cities is of the essence to the extent that some countries have recognized this right in their internal documents. It is true that the community of engineers has allocated a part of their studies to the right to the city and its importance. However, such human right is not confined to the urbanization rules and it should be considered legally binding. This Article Interprets the Right to The City from legal dimension and the responsible organizations for protecting and preserving it.

Keywords

• right to the city
• fundamental human rights
• urban law
• urbanization law
• responsible organizations