Planning for Diversity and Change: Implications of a Polyethnic Society

Ratcliffe, Peter J.

doi:10.1080/02697459815932

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“…According to the above described changes and to more general data on population movements, in the two considered cities the new planning approaches and the related initiatives move towards a sort of 'sustainable' approach: growth is no more a significant issue and more attention and interest are towards 'inner' transformations (historical centres, regeneration of inner declining areas). Nevertheless, recent planning policies in Naples and Palermo do not entirely consider some implications of the above described demographic (and social) changes, as in many other European contexts which are characterized by more mature and stable migration flows (Friedmann, 1995;Ratcliffe, 1998;Thomas, 2000). In this particular context, the processes of transformation and initiatives which Palermo and Naples have witnessed in the last 15 years are interestingly characterized by similarity and difference.…”

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confidence: 96%

New Arrivals, Old Places: Demographic Changes and New Planning Challenges in Palermo and Naples

Piccolo

Leone

2008

International Planning Studies

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If we look at the demographic changes in the largest cities in Southern Italy, the most signiﬁcant trend is a balance between population growth and decline, affecting in particular inner urban areas, which is due to the predominance of new ethnic inhabitants. After having described these demographic changes in Naples and Palermo, the paper will include some considerations on the ‘institutional’ landscape of planning and the related policies. How do planning policies and practices face this quick change in such peripheral contexts, which are new to the phenomenon? Can the plural composition of the local society be viewed as an opportunity, and not just as a threat? The paper will use some analyses of the immigrants’ distribution and characteristics of housing problems as elements of discussions of the changes in the urban social structure, which can be considered as positive potential for a more equal and culturally mixed context

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New Arrivals, Old Places: Demographic Changes and New Planning Challenges in Palermo and Naples

Piccolo

Leone

2008

International Planning Studies

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“…Undoubtedly, many studies adopting the community-structural logic have been able to shed light on formulating housing policies and other policy decisions on long-term urban planning (e.g., Freeman, 2005;Poulsen, Johnston, & Forrest, 2004;Ratcliffe, 1998). However, their emphasis on the structural aspects of the residential location together with the use of a bundle of structural statistical data (usually demographic data) has made it difficult to tease out the effects of the neighborhood on the residents' daily life.…”

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confidence: 98%