Cemento armato
Un saggio divulgativo sulle svariate forme di illegalità che caratterizzano le città italiane, tra abusivismo e occupazioni abitative, infiltrazioni criminali e corruzione
Three theses on informal housing
This article argues for a more holistic interpretation to housing informality in Europe
Città vendicative
A causa del DdL Piantedosi, le città si accaniranno non solo contro i soggetti marginali, ma anche contro gli attori della protesta urbana
A fine-grained understanding of informality
This article focuses on the role of subjective meanings in the production of informal housing
Quattro città. Appunti di geografia urbana (podcast)
“Quattro città” è un podcast che propone un viaggio immaginario, privo di una vera e propria destinazione geografica, attraverso quattro tappe tematiche
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 areas
Placing the law
The paper contributes to the theoretical investigation of the nexus between law and space in the field of legal geography
Reconceptualising housing emptiness beyond vacancy and abandonment
This paper proposes a precise conceptualisation of the main states of emptiness of housing assets. Four critical conditions are identified: uncompletedness, long-term vacancy, under/un-occupancy, abandonment
Urbicide, neo-colonial subjugation and the Gaza Strip
The article mobilizes the concept of urbicide to read the May 2021 Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip.
Housing precarity
This paper puts forward the relevance of the concept of precarity in the
investigation of the housing conditions of migrants