Private cities
By: edited by Georg Glasze, Chris Webster and Klaus Frantz.
Contributors: Glasze, Georg.; Webster, Chris.; Frantz, Klaus.
Series: Routledge studies in human geography
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Abingdon, Oxon; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
Subjects: Gated communities; Gated communities -- Case studies
Genres: Case studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: global and local perspectives on the rise of private neighbourhoods / Georg Glasze, Chris Webster, Klaus Frantz; title: The dynamics of privatopia: private residential governance in the USA / Evan Mckenzie; title: The economic case for private residential government / Fred Foldvary; title: Unlocking the gated community : moral minimalism and social (dis)order in gated communities in the United States and Mexico / Setha M. Low; title: Private gated neighbourhoods - a progressive trend in US-urban development / Klaus Frantz; title: Gated communities as predators of public resources : the outcomes of fading boundaries between private management and public authorities in Southern California / Renaud Le Goix; title: Condominios fechados and barrios privados : the rise of private residential neighbourhoods in Latin America / Axel Borsdorf, Michael Janoschka; title: Gated communities in South Africa / Ulrich Jürgens, Karina Landman; title: The spread of private guarded neighbourhoods in Lebanon and the significance of a historically and geographically specific governmentality / Georg Glasze; title: The purple jade villas (Beijing) : a golden ghetto in Red China / Guillaume Giroir; title: China's modern gated cities / Chris Webster, Fulong Wu, Yanjing Zhao; title: The rise of gated residential neighbourhoods in Portugal and Spain : Lisbon and Madrid / Rita Raposo, Rainer Wehrhahn; title: The rise of private residential neighbourhoods in England and New Zealand / Sarah Blandy, Jenny Dixon, Ann Dupuis, David Parsons; title: More gates, less community? guarded housing in Russia / Sebastian Lentz; title: Conclusion : dynamic urban order and the rise of residential clubs / Chris Webster, Georg Glasze.