Unauthorized Settlements: A Recovery Proposal of Villaggio Coppola

In Italy, Campania is known to be one of the regions with the highest number of illegal settlements. Specifically, such illegal settlements occur mainly in the Napoli and Caserta provinces. Castel Volturno is one of the municipalities has been recognized to play a negative role in this current issue. Castel Volturno, is the area of intervention for the application of a recovery plan for illegal settlements. An analysis of the planning tools in force and preliminary tools exiting, analysis of urban analysis through detailed study of the Kevin Lynch techniques, identification of performance elements on Villaggio Coppola, before moving on to the proposal for the new unauthorized settlement recovery plan. The paper focuses on understanding how to solve the problem of illegal settlements through different possibilities provided by the law; and how to create desirable solutions for administrations and citizens to improve the territory that is often defaced by the careless hand of man, which risks compromising a cultural landscape of inestimable value.