Gated communities : social sustainability in contemporary and historical gated developments /
Gated Communities provides a historic, socio-political and contemporary cultural perspective of gated communities. In doing so it offers a different lens through which to view the historical vernacular background of this now global phenomenon. The book presents a collection of new writing on the iss...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Otros Autores: | , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; Washington, DC :
Earthscan,
2010.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; Foreword Urban Gating: One Instance of a Larger Development?; List of Contributors; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Gated Histories: An Introduction to Themes and Concepts; Chapter 2 Opening the Gates: An East-West Transmodern Discourse?; Chapter 3 Gated Urban Life versus Kinship and Social Solidarity in the Middle East; Chapter 4 Gating Urban Spaces in China: Inclusion, Exclusion and Government; Chapter 5 Lagos: 'Urban Gating' as the Default Condition.