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On the ‘rules' of informality: investigating the localization criteria of informal migrant settlements in the Southern Italy’s rural contexts

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  • Vincenzo Todaro
  • Salvatore Siringo

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The article addresses the issue of the spatial spread of informal migrant settlements in the Southern Italy rural contexts in order to improve the understanding and spatial categorization of migratory phenomena for spatial planning. Assuming Sicily as a case study, the article uses an exploratory approach to investigate the informal migrant settlements’ localization choices, cross-referencing demographic data, spatial distribution of agricultural production, external/internal migration routes and reception policies deficits. The innovative contribution shows how such localization choices are not random, but respond to precise criteria that disavow the levels of informality characterizing these realities. Extremizing critical reflection, the ‘rules’ of informality are configured then as an interpretative tool for better understanding, and responding to the social and spatial justice challenges posed to planning by migration phenomena. Explaining these ‘rules’ can help break the invisibility’s veil that characterizes these realities and dispel the ambiguity of ‘reception’ policies towards truly integrated models.

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  • Vincenzo Todaro & Salvatore Siringo, 2025. "On the ‘rules' of informality: investigating the localization criteria of informal migrant settlements in the Southern Italy’s rural contexts," International Planning Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 30(3), pages 359-382, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:cipsxx:v:30:y:2025:i:3:p:359-382
    DOI: 10.1080/13563475.2025.2459879
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