Criminal accumulation by dispossession
The paper discusses the infiltration of mafia-type organised crime groups (OCGs) in property development, with a particular focus on peripheral …
Tag: illegality
Juggling the formal and the informal
This paper focuses on the informal occupation of public housing in Naples (Italy), analysing a specific mechanism, the fraudulent takeover, …
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 …
The Illicit and Illegal in Regional and Urban Governance and Development
Discussions of the illicit and the illegal have tended to be somewhat restricted in their disciplinary range, to date, and …
Corruption in land-use issues
This paper deals with the question of corruption in the field of land-use planning. To curb the insidious spread of …