“Confini in bilico": il lento e silenzioso ridisegno "dal basso" dei confini amministrativi

“Borders in the Balance”: the Slow and Silent Redesign “from the Bottom” of the Administrative Boundaries. – The paper analyzes the phenomenon of transfer, and requests for transfer, to other provinces and/or regions of a significant number of Italian municipalities located near an administrative border. Using statistical and informational databases, the analysis takes into consideration the territorial effects of the growing territorial differentiation introduced starting from the reform of Title V of the Constitution (2001). This territorial differentiation creates internal geopolitical tension fronts due to the different financial treatment that the municipalities could enjoy on the opposite side of the border where they are located, especially in a period of major shrinking of available financial resources.