Plurality of the production of secured spaces in Genoa's historic centre: Justification and spatial justice
Résumé
This article examines the multiple modes used for securing Genoa's historic centre by identifying the demand for spatial justice. As formulated in or underlying public and private interventions, through the reference space where these activities take place and the justifications proffered for them. This work relies on the premise that actors have the competence to work towards ensuring justice, based on certain aspects of pragmatic sociological knowledge. The " production " of security therefore appears to be multi-faceted, based on several rationales and justifications for taking action. An urban renewal issue, the urban security policies implemented by the municipal authorities are based on the application of recommendations issued by a network of local bodies working on this problem – the FISU (Italian Urban Security Forum) – and the implementation of a policy aimed at increasing the traffic of certain types of users, along with the desire to keep a check on certain marginal groups, particularly sex workers. The controversial private closure of certain public areas has brought other expressions of security requirements to light. Such an approach to spatial justice is akin to the idea of procedural justice.
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