This thesis examines territorial reorganization policies in the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, asking whether, in a context characterized by administrative fragmentation and strong local identities, such instruments can effectively generate competitiveness and development. The study interprets territorial reorganization not merely as an institutional reform, but as a development policy whose effectiveness depends on its ability to adapt to local specificities. The research develops along two complementary lines: on the one hand, the analysis of regulatory evolution, with particular reference to the Serracchiani Reform (Regional Law No. 26/2014), which introduced a centralized model based on Intermunicipal Territorial Unions (UTIs), and the subsequent Fedriga Reform (Regional Law No. 21/2019), oriented toward principles of flexibility and voluntariness; on the other hand, the comparison of two significant case studies: the successful merger between Rivignano and Teor and the failed project between Camino al Tagliamento and Codroipo. The findings show that the effectiveness of territorial reorganization processes is neither automatic nor uniformly replicable, but strongly conditioned by institutional fit, understood as the adequacy of institutional solutions to the territorial context and the ability to build local consensus. It emerges that top-down approaches tend to generate resistance, whereas participatory models prove more effective. In response to the research question, the thesis demonstrates that territorial competitiveness does not simply derive from reducing administrative fragmentation, but from the mode of local development regulation. Territorial reorganization policies can therefore foster development only when grounded in intermunicipal cooperation, network-based governance, and strong local consensus, thereby ensuring institutional stability and long-term territorial development.
Il presente lavoro analizza le politiche di riordino territoriale nella Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia, interrogandosi se, in un contesto segnato da frammentazione amministrativa e forti identità locali, tali strumenti possano realmente generare competitività e sviluppo. La ricerca interpreta il riordino non solo come riforma istituzionale, ma come politica di sviluppo, la cui efficacia dipende dall’adattamento alle specificità territoriali. L’indagine si sviluppa lungo due direttrici sinergiche: da un lato, l’analisi dell’evoluzione normativa, con particolare riferimento alla Riforma Serracchiani (L.R. 26/2014), che ha introdotto un modello centralista basato sulle Unioni Territoriali Intercomunali (UTI), e alla successiva Riforma Fedriga (L.R. 21/2019), orientata a criteri di flessibilità e volontarietà; dall’altro, la comparazione di due casi studio emblematici: la fusione riuscita tra Rivignano e Teor e il fallimento del progetto tra Camino al Tagliamento e Codroipo. I risultati evidenziano come l’efficacia dei processi di riordino non sia automatica né uniformemente replicabile, ma fortemente condizionata dall’institutional fit, inteso come adeguatezza delle soluzioni istituzionali al contesto territoriale e capacità di costruire consenso locale. Ne emerge che approcci top-down tendono a generare resistenze, mentre modelli partecipati risultano più efficaci. In risposta alla domanda di ricerca, la tesi dimostra che la competitività territoriale non deriva semplicemente dalla riduzione della frammentazione amministrativa, ma dal modo di regolazione dello sviluppo locale. Le politiche di riordino possono quindi favorire lo sviluppo solo se fondate su cooperazione intercomunale, governance a rete e un solido consenso locale, garantendo così stabilità istituzionale e sviluppo territoriale duraturo.
IL RIORDINO TERRITORIALE IN FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA: SUCCESSI E FALLIMENTI
MOLETTA, NOEMI
2025/2026
Abstract
This thesis examines territorial reorganization policies in the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, asking whether, in a context characterized by administrative fragmentation and strong local identities, such instruments can effectively generate competitiveness and development. The study interprets territorial reorganization not merely as an institutional reform, but as a development policy whose effectiveness depends on its ability to adapt to local specificities. The research develops along two complementary lines: on the one hand, the analysis of regulatory evolution, with particular reference to the Serracchiani Reform (Regional Law No. 26/2014), which introduced a centralized model based on Intermunicipal Territorial Unions (UTIs), and the subsequent Fedriga Reform (Regional Law No. 21/2019), oriented toward principles of flexibility and voluntariness; on the other hand, the comparison of two significant case studies: the successful merger between Rivignano and Teor and the failed project between Camino al Tagliamento and Codroipo. The findings show that the effectiveness of territorial reorganization processes is neither automatic nor uniformly replicable, but strongly conditioned by institutional fit, understood as the adequacy of institutional solutions to the territorial context and the ability to build local consensus. It emerges that top-down approaches tend to generate resistance, whereas participatory models prove more effective. In response to the research question, the thesis demonstrates that territorial competitiveness does not simply derive from reducing administrative fragmentation, but from the mode of local development regulation. Territorial reorganization policies can therefore foster development only when grounded in intermunicipal cooperation, network-based governance, and strong local consensus, thereby ensuring institutional stability and long-term territorial development.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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