Elements of Deglobalization

Abstract The model of the previous chapter represents a consolidated even if not obvious dynamic. The main reference is made up of globalization which has largely dragged the other components. More than thirty years ago, with other researchers, I tackled the issue of counterurbanization in a phase of crisis (deindustrialization) involving the West, replaced by the growth of finance and financialization. At that time, the deviations from the traditional model of urbanization were evident. We were witnessing the decline of old production within the city and its replacement by financialization. Now a critical factor that has intervened in the disruptive growth of globalization has been a crisis that has introduced the concept of slowbalization. Then followed the pandemic which had its epicenter in global cities and urban infrastruc-tures. Hence the dichotomy between globalization and slowbalization, with strong repercussions on the evolution of the urban infrastructure.