This book discusses local area planning in the Lombardy region of Italy. The book provides valuable insights about the development of local welfare systems and the territorial organization of social services through the analysis of the evolution of the Local Area Plan, which lies at the...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: The structuration of the Italian welfare system: from fragmentation to innovation -- Chapter 3: A (possible) answer to fragmentation in social assistance policy. The Local Area Plan -- Chapter 4: Redesigning territorialisation to improve planning and...