La partecipazione pubblica come soggetto di una nuova territorializzazione

The essay claims that the demand for participation by the inhabitants who bear social and environmental interests emerges from the contradictions inherent in the unequal and differenti-ated geographies produced by the processes of planetary urbanization marked by pervasive neo-liberalism in politics and policies. A response to the issues to be addressed implies strategic actions on urbanization processes; changes to the conditions in which economic interests are defined and a new reterritorialization, founded on the urban bioregionalism as defined by Alberto Magnaghi and the self-management as defined by Henri Lefebvre. [Publisher's text].