Law and the Production of Urban Illegality

 The creation of economic and in-stitutional conditions for efficient urban environmental management, which are also committed to the consolida- tion of democracy, the promotion of social justice and the eradication of urban poverty, constitutes one of the major challenges for leading political and social agents in this century. This challenge to promote sociospatial inclusion is even more significant in developing and transitional countries, given the complexity of problems resulting from intensive urbanization, environmental degradation, increasing socioeconomic inequalities and spatial segregation. The debate on the legal-political conditions
of urban environmental development and management deserves special attention.