Urbanities,
Vol. 3
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No 1
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May 2013
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of the urban problems might well be appropriate. Thus, the City government would be better
equipped to keep a close eye on specific programmes and monitor their implementation.
Moreover, thus the accountability of the measures undertaken would be enhanced.
Past experience shows that building consensus among public institutions is
particularly difficult in Naples. This difficulty has contributed considerably to the
disappointing performance of the policies examined above. However, it is also clear that the
other actors involved – associations, citizens and so on – have to learn how to perform
differently from the past. The implementation of integrated policies needs the active
participation of the many components that structure Neapolitan society, opening the road to
an urban regeneration which will benefit the entire community rather than those of limited
groups. However difficult it may be, developing new modes and rules of interaction between
government and civil society is a main step in that direction.
