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Title Gated communities : social sustainability in contemporary and historical gated developments / edited by Samer Bagaeen and Ola Uduku
Published London ; Washington, DC : Earthscan, 2010

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Description xiv, 140 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
Contents Gated histories: An introduction to themes and concepts -- Opening the gates: An East-West transmodern discourse? -- Gated urban life versus kinship and social solidarity in the Middle East -- Gating urban spaces in China: Inclusion, exclusion and government -- Lagos: 'Urban Gating' as the default condition -- Gated minds, gated places: The impact and meaning of hard boundaries in South Africa -- Latin American gated communities: The latest symbol of historic social segregation -- Gated communities in Mexico City: A historical perspective -- Production and social sustainability of private enclaves in suburban landscapes: French and US long-term emergence of gated communities and private streets -- Barriers and boundaries: An exploration of gatedness in New Zealand
Summary "Gated Communities poses new questions at a time when the conception of gated communities has become fixed and narrow. It is the first book to provide a broad and comparative historic, socio-political and contemporary cultural perspective of gated communities. In doing so it offers a different lens through which to view the historical vernacular background of this now global phenomenon. The book presents a collection of original writing on the issue by an international and interdisciplinary group of contributors."--BOOK JACKET
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Gated communities.
Gated communities -- History.
Author Bagaeen, Samer.
Uduku, Ola, 1963-
LC no. 2009021298
ISBN 9781844075195 hardback
1844075192 hardback