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The many shades of grey in urban governance

francesco.chiodelli 06/11/2020 Articles in English

This paper addresses the role of illegal actors and practices in urban governance in the Italian context, using urban regime theory as the theoretical frame of reference. The research centres on the analysis of two case studies in the city of Rome. It shows the existence of two shades of ‘grey urban governance’.

The Dark Side of Urban Informality in the Global North

francesco.chiodelli 15/04/2019 Articles in English

This article deals with housing illegality/informality in Italy, where it represents an established aspect of urban development. It presents a case study focused on Desio, a town close to Milan in northern Italy. Here housing illegality occurs by virtue of the well‐established presence of a mafia‐type criminal organization (the ‘Ndrangheta).