Within the general objective of the PRIN research "Postmetropoli" (Balducci, Fedeli, Curci, 2017a; 2017b) of elaborating investigations and interpretations on the transformations of the Italian territory, it seemed possible that a description of contemporary Italy, through numbers and mappings, could finally make into the accounts with an international image that usually represents our country as the realm of malfeasance, abusiveness and corruption. In this context, part of the research carried out within the Neapolitan Local Unit has tried to deepen the role and weight of the s-regulation in the transformation processes of the territory trying to identify indicators that could give some measure to this apparently "Italian anomaly". The final purpose of the work was to identify a possible definition and mapping of the s-regulation at the national scale to suggest a different attention and methodology for recognizing priority areas, some interpretative hypotheses and, above all, possible renewed intervention strategies.
Keywords: Sregulation, Italian anomaly, mapping