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What is beyond the edges? Gated communities and their role in China’s desire for harmonious cities [PDF]
During the rapid process of urbanization in post-reform China, cities assumed the role of a catalyst for economic growth and quantitative construction.
Badiaa Hamama, Jian Liu
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Why people choose gated communities: A case study of Alexandria metropolitan area
Nowadays, the prevailing housing development trend is gated communities. This trend has been one of the most widespread pattern of development in the last quarter of the twentieth century across the globe as well as in Egypt.
Hany M Ayad
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The politics of gating (A response to Private Security and Public Space by Manzi and Smith-Bowers)
Gated residential developments, neighbourhoods to which public access is restricted, continue to generate academic, policymaker and public curiosity. Why do people want to live in these places and should public interventions be directed towards either ...
Rowland Atkinson
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Gated Communities and House Prices: Suburban Change in Southern California, 1980–2008 [PDF]
Renaud Le Goix, Elena Vesselinov
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Sense of Community among the Residents of Gated and Non-Gated Communities in Lahore, Pakistan
Planned gated and non-gated communities have appeared rapidly all over the world due to the public amenities and quality of life they offer. It is generally assumed that gated communities provide better security as compared to non-gated communities ...
Obaidullah Nadeem +2 more
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Genius Logi: Towards the Phenomenology of Gated Community
Gated communities have emerged in the world for reasons such as increased fear of crime, security, prestige, desire to be different. In Turkey gated communities have emerged because of neoliberal policies that promotes high-income segment seeking ...
Özlem Yıldız, Havva Alkan Bala
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Managing common property in gated communities is challenging. Although numerous studies have demonstrated that there are several determinants of collective action effectiveness and performances in gated communities, empirical research drawing on a ...
Xuerui Shi, Gabriel Hoh Teck Ling
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Despite having roots through history, gated communities have emerged as a new urban phenomenon facing the effects of urbanization. They became a dominant typology for achieving better quality of life (QOL), especially in Greater Cairo Region (GCR).
Doaa K. Hassan +2 more
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An Initiative to Achieve Sustainability Criteria in New Gated Communities in Egypt [PDF]
Gated communities are a modern urban phenomenon whose features vary according to the economic, social and urban content through criteria and indicators to achieve sustainability, as it has become a global goal that all countries seek to achieve. They are
Marwa ElAdham +2 more
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New Trends and Socio-Spatial Relations in Gated Communities
This study focuses on the socio-spatial relationship constructed in gated communities. Great urban transformation has been observed in the urban life during the second half of the 20th century. Transformation in this period changed urban space as well as
Levent Taş, Esra Burcu Sağlam
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