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The Dark Side of Urban Informality in the Global North

Housing Illegality and Organized Crime in Northern Italy

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ID4383333
AutoresFrancesco Chiodelli (0000-0001-9881-4616, autor de correspondencia)
Año2019
Volumen43
Número3
Páginas497-516
Fecha de publicación2019-05-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0309-1317 • E-ISSN: 1468-2427
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/1468-2427.12745
OpenAlexW2927686464
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas46
Referencias citadas34

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). Three examples of illegal construction in Desio are analysed, forming the basis for a discussion on the distinctive features of illegal house-building in Italy. In particular, institutional incentives encouraging illegal housing are investigated, with reference to both formal institutions (e.g. planning laws, rules preventing unauthorized housing and building amnesties) and informal institutions (e.g. organized crime). The case of illegal housing in Italy contributes significantly to the wider international debate on urban informality, highlighting the critical need for research along avenues as yet only partially explored (e.g. informal housing in Western countries and the role of criminal activities and actors in the spread of informality) and challenging some common assumptions such as the geographical dualism ('global North' versus 'global South') which, implicitly, results from the international literature

Criminology · Dualism · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Incentive · Market economy · Organised crime · Political science · Sociology · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Law · Urban Planning and Governance

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