Recent publications

We are happy to announce the first article of Rocio Calzado titled « Funding the social transformation of housing estates. Environmental ambitions as catalysers of the regeneration of Corviale » and published in European Journal of Spatial Development 21(1).  Abstract: In the 1930s, the modernist urban ideas of democratic access to housing shaped a new architectural housing typology, in the form of high-rise linear blocks. This housing typology was by the beginning of the 1970s considered a proxy for pathologically rooted urban problems. The challenge of governing housing estates has been a pressing issue for some decades, leading to the demolition of some of the […]

A new article titled « Cultivating Urban Agriculture Policies: Local Government Entrepreneurs’ Strategies in Three Brazilian Cities » by Marcela Alonso Ferreira (et al.), was published in open access in Urban Planning, vol. 9, 2024. Abstract: Urban agriculture (UA) is increasingly recognized in policy and academic discussions for its potential to promote sustainable food systems and reduce food insecurity. Due to their proximity to citizens, local governments are well-positioned to advance these initiatives. However, the factors that drive governments in densely populated cities to develop UA policies remain relatively understudied, especially in the Global South. To address this gap, we employ a comparative case study […]

A discussion of Tom Goodfellow’s book Politics and the Urban Frontier (2022) by Côme Salvaire, Graeme Young and the author, available in Urban Studies.

A new book chapter by Tommaso Vitale, Giordana Ferri and Silvia Cafora untitled “L’interesse dei giovani innovatori sociali per i modelli di abitare collaborativo” in the collective book Collaborare e abitare. Il diritto alla casa nelle metropoli per le nuove generazioni is available here.

A new chapter by Tommaso Vitale et Silvia Cafora intitulé “Introduzione. L’abitare fluido in città e metropoli per niente fluide” de l’ouvrage collaboratif Collaborare e abitare. Il diritto alla casa nelle metropoli per le nuove generazioni is available here.