Private Cities - Global and Local Perspectives

Klappentext In this book! international authors construct an interdisciplinary discourse on the global spread of private communities! based upon empirical evidence and case studies from the US! Latin America! the Middle East! Europe and China. Zusammenfassung Contributed to, and edited by, an international team of leading authors, this revealing book constructs an interdisciplinary discourse on the global spread of private communities based upon empirical evidence. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction. The Dynamics of Privatopia. The Economic Case for Private Residential Government. Unlocking the Gated Community. Private Gated Neighbourhoods. Gated Communities as Predators of Public Resources. Condominios Fechados and Barrios Privados. Neighbourhoods in Latin America. Gated Communities in South Africa. The Spread of Private Guarded Neighbourhoods in Lebanon and the Significance of a Historically and Geographically Specific Governmentality. The Purple Jade Villas (Beijing). China’s Modern Gated Cities. The Rise of Gated Residential Neighbourhoods in Portugal and Spain. The Rise of Private Residential Neighbourhoods in England and New Zealand. More Gates, Less Community? Guarded Housing in Russia. Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: Klaus Frantz, Frantz Klaus, Georg Glasze, Georg Webster Glasze, Glasze Georg, Chris Webster
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.12.2005
• EAN: 9780415341707
• ISBN: 978-0-415-34170-7
• No. of pages: 242
• Series: Routledge Studies in Human Geography
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, Urban communities, Urban communities / city life