Is Social Mix Re-Shaping Regeneration Policies in Large Housing Estates in Milan?

Journal title SOCIOLOGIA URBANA E RURALE
Author/s Silvia Mugnano, Igor Costarelli
Publishing Year 2016 Issue 2015/108
Language Italian Pages 15 P. 86-100 File size 63 KB
DOI 10.3280/SUR2015-108006
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The article aims to compare Italy with other European countries (such as France, the Netherlands and the UK) on the current debate on social mix policies which is locally mainly interpreted as mixed housing tenures. The paper points out that in Lombardy -and specifically in Milan- proximity in itself does not imply any social cohesion and public actions put in place are sometimes still unclear, too weak and fragile. However, some local experiences in social housing estates based on community empowerment can trigger social innovation in this field.

Keywords: Social mix, Housing, Milan, Community empowerment, Large housing estates, Social innovation

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Silvia Mugnano, Igor Costarelli, Il mix sociale nelle politiche di rigenerazione urbana dei grandi complessi residenziali a Milano in "SOCIOLOGIA URBANA E RURALE" 108/2015, pp 86-100, DOI: 10.3280/SUR2015-108006