The recovery of illegal settlements: possibilities

The ltalian cities are often characterized by widespread phenomena of illegal settlements, which have resulted in a worsening of the quality of cities, people's life and the environment quality, as well as a high soil consumption. The different ltalian Regions have tried to salve the problem differently and the Campania region has provided for a specific planning tool, taken from national law. Given the serious situation of economie scarcity of public administrations that are difficult to predict demolitions or acquire ali the abusive assets, it is clear that today, more than in the past, it is essential to focus on plans for recovery of illegai settlements. Urban planning must today both reason on the damage produced by illegal settlements in terms of irrational soil consumption and inhomogeneous territorial development, and must develop solutions to redevelop the areas currently burdened by the problem. The goal of this paper after the criticai reading of some used tools is to exhibit the foreseen future intervention strategies.