Why people choose gated communities: A case study of Alexandria metropolitan area
Alexandria Engineering Journal, 2018 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.
Nesma Mohamed Salah, Hany M. Ayad
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Gated Communities: Sprawl and Social Segregation in Southern California [PDF]
Housing Studies, 2005 [Version: October 2004 (revised). Last draft before publication – This paper was published as LE GOIX R., 2005, "Gated Communities: Sprawl and Social Segregation in Southern California" Housing Studies.
Le Goix, Renaud
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Gated communities as club goods: segregation or social cohesion? [PDF]
Housing Studies, 2005 Gated communities are normally presented in highly negative terms, based on the common assumption that they contribute to social segregation. In contrast to received wisdom this paper argues that the theory of club goods can be used to understand gating
Manzi, T. +3 more
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An Initiative to Achieve Sustainability Criteria in New Gated Communities in Egypt [PDF]
Port Said Engineering Research Journal, 2022 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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Emergence of Gated Communities in Russia: Causes and Consequences
L'Espace Politique, 2012 The article focuses on the urban residential segregation in Russian cities under modern conditions. The author shows the evolution of gated communities in Russia.
Maria Zotova
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Gated communities in Bahrain: historical and urban geographies [PDF]
Human Geographies: Journal of Studies and Research in Human Geography, 2021 Residential gating is a notable element in cities worldwide, but notable gaps exist in studies of residential gating in smaller cities and the Global South. This article examines the historical and urban geographies of residential gating in the Arab Gulf,
Zia Salim
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Also the Urban Poor Live in Gated Communities: A Bangkok Case Study
Social Sciences, 2019 Gated communities, one of those originally Western developments, have suddenly been found in cities in the Global South. “Gated communities”, often defined on the basis of their physical form, have been criticized for disconnecting residents ...
Chaitawat Boonjubun
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Soundscape Evaluation Comparison of Outdoor Activity Space Between Gated and Open Communities
Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 In communities, outdoor activity space is utilized most often by older adults and children, and the soundscape is very important for its quality. For different community planning modes, such as gated and open communities, focus should be on different ...
Peisheng Zhu +5 more
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Gated communities in Lviv: Between social demand and spatial limitation [PDF]
Spatium, 2022 The article considers the phenomenon of the positive perception of gated communities in Lviv, with an emphasis on historical aspects of urban planning.
Idak Yuliya, Frankiv Roman
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Residents’ sense of belonging in (gated) communities in urban China
PlaNext, 2023 Communities or neighborhoods are specific places in the research field of place identity that links between environment and psychology to address the sense of belonging as one of crucial human needs.
Meiling Jin
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