Free standard shipping on all orders
  • Visa
  • Master Card
  • American Express
  • Apple Pay
  • Google Pay
  • JCB

Private Cities: Global and Local Perspectives book cover

1st Edition

Private Cities Global and Local Perspectives

By Georg Glasze, Chris Webster, Klaus Frantz Copyright 2006
256 Pages 43 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

256 Pages 43 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

256 Pages 43 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
Also available as eBook on:
For the antagonist, private communities are icons of post-consensus, fragmenting civic society, enclosing and excluding by contractual constitution and sometimes by walls and gates. For others they are simply an efficient new way of organizing urban life. Contributed to, and edited by, an international team of leading authors, this revealing book constructs an interdisciplinary discourse on... Read more

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

Biography

Georg Glasze, Chris Webster, Klaus Frantz

'All of the substantive chapters have merit and are a genuine addition to the knowledge of gated communities. In this respect, the editors have done a very good job in bringing together material from places that, in the minds of many, are not associated with gated communities' - Rob Imrie, Kings College London
Add to Cart