Regionalization processes and institutional transformations in the Italian metropolitan areas among crises and ambiguities

The paper focuses on the Italian territories affected by regionalization processes and subject to an institutional reform: the enforcement of Metropolitan Cities in 2014. Regionalization processes have occurred in many European countries in recent decades, also assisted by the European Cohesion Poli...

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Published inInternational planning studies Vol. 26; no. 1; pp. 42 - 55
Main Authors Caruso, Nadia, Pede, Elena, Saccomani, Silvia
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Routledge 02.01.2021
Subjects
European cohesion policy
governance
institutional reform
Italian metropolitan cities
Regionalization
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Summary:The paper focuses on the Italian territories affected by regionalization processes and subject to an institutional reform: the enforcement of Metropolitan Cities in 2014. Regionalization processes have occurred in many European countries in recent decades, also assisted by the European Cohesion Policy. In Italy, regionalized territories have place-specific characteristics and new emerging forms of bottom-up cooperation are taking place. The new government system is having to deal with a complex scenario due to the dissemination of these forms of cooperation linked to the regionalization taking place, alongside their potential coherence and/or contrast with the top-down design of the reform.
ISSN:1356-3475
1469-9265
DOI:10.1080/13563475.2019.1674641