The article provides a summary of research on the reception of foreigners in Campania, particularly in Naples, whit regard to housing and collective spaces. More than half of the foreigners living in the Campania region (129,453; 51.3%) reside in Naples. The data reveal an urban territory that is predominantly inhabited from third countries and has a problematic recep-tion spaces situation that hinders social integration. Most live in groups of three or four in uninhabited houses rented from private individuals and dispersed throughout the province, frequently in its periphery. In the re-search, the city of Napoli is used as a laboratory for experimenting with an “autonomous” housing unit as suggested by the Action Plan for Integration and Inclusion 2021–2027, promoted by the European Commission, which, in defining measures to build more cohesive and inclusive societies for all, places the issue of housing and settlements for migrants within a broader series of actions to implement the Plan. Specifically, the survey focuses on North African migrants, especially those from Morocco, who (according to ISTAT 2022 data) rank third in the region after Ukraine and Romania. In addition to the housing crisis, the question of multireligion as a migration issue was also included in the survey, which led to the decision to focus the research on Moroccan immigrants. Therefore, affiliation with a particular religious matrix was also considered in the re-search, as this is a determining factor of the reference culture. The Islamic faith practised by Moroccan immigrants draws attention to the issue of places of worship and, consequently, the construction of mosques for the purposes of greater integration. The research focusing on the Italian reception and integration system (SAI) proposes settlements for migrants in certain areas of the city of Naples where residences are in close proximity to both production and work spac-es as well as collective spaces capable of holding together the scale of archi-tecture and that of the city in order to build a close relationship between migrants and local inhabitants.
Housing for migrants. Naples as an inclusive city / Capozzi, Renato; Sanso, Claudia. - 2:(2026). ( 5th EMCEI & Euro-Mediterranean Conference for Environmental Integration Congress Center of the University of Calabria (UNICAL campus) in Rende (Cosenza) 2-5 ottobre 2023) [10.1007/978-3-032-16577-0].
Housing for migrants. Naples as an inclusive city
Renato Capozzi;Claudia Sanso
2026
Abstract
The article provides a summary of research on the reception of foreigners in Campania, particularly in Naples, whit regard to housing and collective spaces. More than half of the foreigners living in the Campania region (129,453; 51.3%) reside in Naples. The data reveal an urban territory that is predominantly inhabited from third countries and has a problematic recep-tion spaces situation that hinders social integration. Most live in groups of three or four in uninhabited houses rented from private individuals and dispersed throughout the province, frequently in its periphery. In the re-search, the city of Napoli is used as a laboratory for experimenting with an “autonomous” housing unit as suggested by the Action Plan for Integration and Inclusion 2021–2027, promoted by the European Commission, which, in defining measures to build more cohesive and inclusive societies for all, places the issue of housing and settlements for migrants within a broader series of actions to implement the Plan. Specifically, the survey focuses on North African migrants, especially those from Morocco, who (according to ISTAT 2022 data) rank third in the region after Ukraine and Romania. In addition to the housing crisis, the question of multireligion as a migration issue was also included in the survey, which led to the decision to focus the research on Moroccan immigrants. Therefore, affiliation with a particular religious matrix was also considered in the re-search, as this is a determining factor of the reference culture. The Islamic faith practised by Moroccan immigrants draws attention to the issue of places of worship and, consequently, the construction of mosques for the purposes of greater integration. The research focusing on the Italian reception and integration system (SAI) proposes settlements for migrants in certain areas of the city of Naples where residences are in close proximity to both production and work spac-es as well as collective spaces capable of holding together the scale of archi-tecture and that of the city in order to build a close relationship between migrants and local inhabitants.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
