Gated communities : social sustainability in contemporary and historical gated developments / / edited by Samer Bagaeen and Ola Uduku ; [foreword by Saskia Sassen]

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; Washington, D.C. : , : Earthscan, , 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (146 p.)
• Disciplina: 307.77
• Soggetto topico: Gated communities; Gated communities - History
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: BagaeenSamer UdukuOla <1963->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Gated Communities; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; Foreword Urban Gating: One Instance of a Larger Development?; List of Contributors; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; 1. Gated Histories: An Introduction to Themes and Concepts; 2. Opening the Gates: An East-West Transmodern Discourse?; 3. Gated Urban Life versus Kinship and Social Solidarity in the Middle East; 4. Gating Urban Spaces in China: Inclusion, Exclusion and Government; 5. Lagos: 'Urban Gating' as the Default Condition ; 6. Gated Minds, Gated Places: The Impact and Meaning of Hard Boundaries in South Africa7. Latin American Gated Communities: The Latest Symbol of Historic Social Segregation; 8. Gated Communities in Mexico City: A Historical Perspective; 9. Production and Social Sustainability of Private Enclaves in Suburban Landscapes: French and US Long-Term Emergence of Gated Communities and Private Streets; 10. Barriers and Boundaries: An Exploration of Gatedness in New Zealand; 11. Afterword; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Gated Communities provides a 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 new writing on the issue by an international and interdisciplinary group of contributors. The authors review current thinking on gated communities and consider the sustainability issues that these contemporary 'lifestyle' communities raise. The authors argue that there are links that can be drawn between the his
• Titolo autorizzato: Gated communities
• ISBN: 1-282-61723-0; 9786612617232; 1-136-54370-8; 1-84977-477-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910458899303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II