La residenzialità ricreativa ai margini dell'urbanistica italiana

In Italy, the town-planning disciplines have never systematically studied the second-home phenomenon, even though its impact on much of the country, in all regions, has been decisive. This article explains why it is extremely important that town planning develops specific expertise and knowledge on the management of second-home areas while aiming to integrate as closely as possible with other disciplines that tackle this subject. After defining and framing the phenomenon, this contribution provides some figures on second homes in Italy, before moving on to discuss the case of San Giorgio and Torre a Mare. These adjacent coastal districts south of the city of Bari offer interesting scope for studying the evolution of the holiday-property developments and their ambiguous and disjointed relationship with the local councils and with the governance of the territory.