The paper provides an introductory theoretical framework for this special issue. Firstly, the main weaknesses of the traditional ‘geography of informality’ are analyzed, including its tendency to focus on urban poverty in the ‘Global South’, to privilege its economic causes, and to treat the phenomenon in terms of clear-cut dichotomies. …
Religious diversity has significant consequences on the urban environment, and primarily because of the new spaces that it entails. These spaces engender complex problems of regulation, including specific issues related to urban planning. This article will mainly consider the current situation in Italy. Its focus will be on the …
This paper deals with the question of corruption in the field of land-use planning. To curb the insidious spread of graft and bribery, anti-corruption measures should be built into any planning system as part of its structure. Corruption in the planning field is largely tied to the opportunities that …
Chiodelli F., Moroni S. (2016), “Zoning-integrative and zoning-alternative transferable development rights: Compensation, equity, efficiency”, Land Use Policy, 52: 422–429
Chiodelli, F. (2016), “International Housing Policy for the Urban Poor and the Informal City in the Global South: A Non‐diachronic Review”. Journal of International Development, 28(5): 788-807
Chiodelli F., Moroni S. (2014), “The complex nexus between informality and the law: Reconsidering unauthorised settlements in light of the concept of nomotropism”, Geoforum 51: 161-169
Chiodelli F. (2016). Equal Treatment in Land Use Planning: Investigating the Ethics of the Transfer of Development Rights. Scienze Regionali / Italian Journal of Regional Science, 15(1): 131-138
Chiodelli F. (2015) “What is really different between cohousing and gated communities?”, European Planning Studies, 23(12): 2566-2581
Chiodelli F. (2015), “Religion and the city: A review on Muslim spatiality in Italian cities”, Cities, 44: 19-28
Chiodelli F., Moroni S. (2015), “Do Malls Contribute to the Privatisation of Public Space and the Erosion of the Public Sphere? Reconsidering the Role of Shopping Centres”, City, Culture and Society 6(1): 35-42
