Essays about: "gated community"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 15 essays containing the words gated community.

  1. 6. Norra Tornen: Making exclusive living inclusive

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Oscar Wilner; [2020]
    Keywords : Hagastaden; Norra Tornen; OMA; alteration; gentrification; segregation; collective living; community; sharing economy; circular economy; local production; public space; exclusive housing.;

    Abstract : Today our city cores are being transformed. Not only have they been transformed from a place of production to a place of consumption, but more recently also the city core as a place of work are being challenged by increasing land prices and the desire to live centrally and urban. READ MORE

  3. 7. What Gate? Gate what? : About Chinese gated communities: historical evolution and characteristic momentums

    University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studier

    Author : QIAO WANG; [2017]
    Keywords : gated community; Chinese gated community; urban design; urban planning;

    Abstract : Since economic liberalization period, Chinese housing typologies have experienced a dramatical change. From the traditional Siheyuan building type to the current gated communities, which prototype has become the most widespread residential housing type in modern China Cities. READ MORE

  4. 8. Collective Governance of the Urban Commons: the Case of Parkovy Ozera Residential Complex in Kyiv, Ukraine

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Iegor Vlasenko; [2017]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : The problem of governing resources used by many individuals in common has been long discussed in economics and environmental studies literature. Depending on the type of common resource, attributes of the group of users and property regime, collective action can either preserve the commons or deplete it. READ MORE

  5. 9. Do Gated Communities Represent a Problem For Society? : A study of the impact of Gated Communities in Machala, Ecuador

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

    Author : Cristhian Hernandez; [2016]
    Keywords : Key words: Gated communities; social capital; segregation; fragmentation; social inequality; Latin America.;

    Abstract : The effects of Gated Communities (GCs) were analysed. According to the literature, these urban artefacts are negative for society. They are blamed to provoking social segregation, social exclusion and undermining democracy. In a Latin American context the consequences could be worse. READ MORE

  6. 10. The enclosed ones - Why are gated communities spreading to lower income groups in São Paulo?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Marko Huttunen; [2016]
    Keywords : gated community; spreading; lower income groups; São Paulo; Brazil; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis focuses on the question of why gated communities are spreading to lower income groups in the metropolitan area of São Paulo, Brazil. To answer the question, fieldwork was done and primary data was collected by conducting in total 57 structured and 10 semi-structured interviews with residents in a the gated communities Alphaville 1 in Barueri and Condominio da Sucupira in Carapicuiba. READ MORE