Violence as the degrader of urban space

a demand for health promotion

Abstract

Over the past 20 years, urban violence was the topic of central interest and focus on quality of life in cities. The people began to live with a growing fear, along with a decline in the credibility of institutions that should ensure the security and justice to citizens. As a result, cities now present in its structure the reflections of this great concern with violence, with a characteristic morphology, with highly segregated spaces, isolated by physical elements in the hope that violence can be maintained outside their borders and consider the perspective of health promotion.