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Are gated communities indispensable for residents? [PDF]
Gated communities (GCs) – that is, residential areas with restricted access – have recently become widespread around the world. This study focuses on two GCs in Diyarbakir, one of the largest cities of southeast Turkey.
Ayhan BEKLEYEN, Ilham YILMAZ-AY
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Neighborhood from Cul-De-Sac to Gated Community in Turkish Urban Culture: The “Fina”
In this study, the closed neighborhood was discussed in gated communities and in cul-de-sacs by focusing on public and private concepts, rights and regulations in Turkish urban culture. The study aims to enlighten old concepts such as “close neighborhood,
Havva Alkan Bala
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Effects of Neighborhood’s Built Environment on Physical Activities in Gated Communities: A Review
The emergence of gated communities throughout the world has generated significant academic interest. Several studies have been carried out that can be found in the body of literature, which have attempted to investigate the various aspects of life within
Yasmeen Gul, Zahid Sultan, Foziah Johar
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The proliferation of gated communities in the Metropolitan Area of the city of Toluca, in Mexico, was observed as of the 1990s. The municipalities of Toluca, Metepec and Zinacantepec were the ones who received the largest number of Gated Communities in ...
Yadira Contreras Juárez +2 more
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Gated communities : ein Vergleich privatisierter Wohnsiedlungen in Südkalifornien [PDF]
Gated Communities stellen eine Extremform der Privatisierung öffentlicher Räume dar, verbunden mit einer radikalen Veränderung der Stadtlandschaft. Insbesondere in Räumen wie Südkalifornien ist eine hohe Konzentration dieser Wohnform auszumachen.
M. Gmünder, N. Grillon, K. Bucher
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Gated residential developments, neighbourhoods to which public access is restricted, continue to generate academic, policymaker and public curiosity. In a recent paper in the EJSD Tony Manzi and Bill Smith-Bowers (2006) attempt to provide what they see ...
Zoltán Cséfalvay
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Spatial Characterization and Mapping of Gated Communities
The increase in gated communities is the most important recent urban phenomenon in Latin America. This article proposes a methodology to identify the morphological features and spatial characteristics of gated communities to map them based on the land ...
Agnes Silva de Araujo +1 more
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The aim of this study is to investigate the loss of natural areas because of urban expansion through gated communities, the numbers of which are constantly increasing and to determine how the process is developing.
Ayşe Akbulut, Özlem Özçevik
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The production of safe spaces in neighbourhood areas is a challenge for the rapid urbanization in Turkey. The way of providing safety in housing areas has been ensured in the form of designing gated communities as clusters.
Hatice KALFAOĞLU HATİPOĞLU
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In this study, as part of the phenomenon of urban segregation, gated residential communities are discussed in the context of environmental stress. Gated communities, whose theoretical infrastructure is tried to be understood through political economy ...
Asiye Akgün Gültekin, Alper Ünlü
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