The production of informal space
The paper analyses the plurality of urban informal practices that characterize contemporary Italy in the sphere of housing, focusing on its complex connections with a variety of public institutions
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Immigrants, mosques and religious pluralism
This chapter examines the immigrant influx from a thematic viewpoint – namely, the placement and construction of buildings of a religious nature – and from the specific geographical viewpoint of Italy.
The Dark Side of Urban Informality in the Global North
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).
Inverse Planning in the Cracks of Formal Land Use Regulation
This paper focuses on a case of ‘non-public planning’ in an informal neighbourhood of Maputo, Mozambique. Here, several residents undertook some planning duties (e.g. drawing up a detailed plan) in order to regularise their informal dwellings in lieu of the Municipality, due to its inertia. This was an attempt to …
The transfer of development rights in the midst of the economic crisis
The paper deals with the transfer of development rights (TDR) in Italy. It presents a comparative analysis of the TDR programs implemented in the twelve capital cities of the Lombardy region in the past decade. After introducing the international debate on TDR and the distinctive features of the transfer of …
Shaping Jerusalem. Spatial planning, politics and the conflict
Shaping Jerusalem: Spatial planning, politics and the conflict focuses on a hidden facet of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; the relentless reshaping of the Holy City by the Israeli authorities through urban policies, spatial plans, infrastructural and architectural projects, land use and building regulations. From a political point of view, the Israeli-Palestinian …
Planning, pluralism and religious diversity
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 …
Corruption in land-use issues: a crucial challenge for planning theory and practice
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 …
La campagna elettorale e il condono edilizio
Nelle ultime settimane mi è capitato più volte di domandarmi se il tema del condono edilizio (e quello, strettamente connesso, dell’abusivismo edilizio) troverà spazio nell’attuale campagna elettorale.
Costruire abusivamente è perfettamente ragionevole
Ciclicamente, in Italia, si torna a parlare di abusivismo edilizio, con una certa tendenza, però, a farlo in maniera spesso raffazzonata e approssimativa. La politica nostrana, naturalmente, è capofila di questo pressappochismo. Paiono perciò utili almeno (tre) brevi precisazioni, presentate a grana grossa per questioni di brevità.