Moving beyond informality-of-need and informality-of-desire
This is a comment on a recently published paper on Planning Theory, entitled “Asking ‘Third World questions’ of First World informality”
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The many shades of grey in urban governance
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 production of informal space
The paper analyses the plurality of urban informal practices that characterize contemporary Italy in the sphere of housing
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 …
Le mani sulla città
Perché lo sviluppo immobiliare è un campo tanto funestato dalla corruzione e dal malaffare?
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 …