[EN] This article explains the concepts of city and urban practices - phenomena of human
activity into the urbanity - that directly influence the life of the people, your own inhabits
and customs, becoming the city the image from your own habitants. It is vitally important
for the study understand the urbanity relation to the design of cities, as a complement of the
public space, one of the ways that interferes at the urban landscape. We can understand
how society is shown in front of herself and the world itself that surrounds it, and what are
the devices that make city living when are connected - through uses and customs - vital
forces of individuals and their communities at the space with some practices created by the
tactics of the inhabitants to allow its ambiance, wellness, safety and comfort, sensations
often perceived by the set of elements that constitute the cities. The city spaces are
perceived through symbols and signs that are manifested through equipment, furniture,
buildings, streets, squares, signage and parking lots that make up the identity of the place.
Usually this identity is described by the image that people have of the place, of the resident
population habits, social resentações and produced interventions. The city is more than a
jumble of individual men and social conveniences, it is something more than a mere
constellation of institutions and administrative provisions. The city is a state of mind, a
body of customs, traditions, feelings and attitudes inherent organized the vital processes of
the people who compose it. The city is a product of nature, especially of human nature.
Urban space is a form of unconscious rationalization (individual and collective), disguised
in the visibility of their urban layouts, buildings and monuments, which can be mistaken,
suppressing critical reflection and self-criticism of inhabitants or social groups. Cities must
offer good living spaces, leisure, integration and culture so that everyone can exercise the
right to collective use, living on the street or in the park with the family, revaluing the
humanase relations improving the quality of life of its residents. We identify with the places
as we recognize its importance and representing a local or global identity.Arruda, A.; Balestra, R.; Bezerra, P.; Moroni, I. (2016). Practical urban: The urbanity and its relationship with the contemporary city. En Systems&design:beyond processes and thinking. Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València. 499-507. https://doi.org/10.4995/IFDP.2015.3291OCS49950
