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Universal declaration of urban rights
These are inalienable rights of all inhabitants and habitats, which establish a well-balanced relationship between themselves and with others. These rights, announced here publicly, create a framework of reference for the development of the urban life in the new era of mankind. |
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What is urbanity?
The foundation defines the concept of urbanity (form latin urbanitas) as a balanced relationship between the inhabitant and his/her habitat. Urbanity is knowing how to live with the environment around us and being respectful to it.
Who is the inhabitant?
Inhabitant is the one who lives, works, uses and enjoys the habitat. The inhabitant is not defined by property but by the use of the habitat. The concept of inhabitant goes beyond the concept of the citizen, limited to the political domain. Opposite to this outdated definition, the inhabitant has rights and obligations in all aspects of urban life.
What is habitat?
Habitat is considered the space modified and inhabited by man, where most human activities, social, economic and cultural, take place.
Despite the habitat has many formats of increasing complexity (metropolitan areas, great conurbations, temporary settlements), the most common one is still the city. The city today is, more than ever, the way of life that best defines the human being, with over 50% of world’s population living in cities.
On 09/09/09, at their central offices in Madrid, the 
announces its founding manifesto: The Urban Rights, a framework for the development of urban life and the construction of a balanced relationship between inhabitant and habitat.
The most revolutionary aspect of these urban rights is its dual approach Habitat - Inhabitant. The ten principles in which the urban rights set out are structured as a reciprocal relationship between inhabitant and habitat.
Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country! John F. Kennedy
