Private Cities: Global and Local Perspectives (Routledge Studies in Human Geography)

BOOK COVER......Page 1
HALF-TITLE......Page 2
SERIES TITLE......Page 3
TITLE......Page 5
COPYRIGHT......Page 6
CONTENTS......Page 7
FIGURES AND TABLES......Page 9
CONTRIBUTORS......Page 12
1 INTRODUCTION......Page 16
2 THE DYNAMICS OF PRIVATOPIA......Page 24
3  THE ECONOMIC CASE FOR PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL GOVERNMENT......Page 44
4  UNLOCKING THE GATED COMMUNITY......Page 58
5  PRIVATE GATED NEIGHBOURHOODS......Page 76
6  GATED COMMUNITIES AS PREDATORS OF PUBLIC RESOURCES......Page 88
7  CONDOMINIOS FECHADOS AND BARRIOS PRIVADOS......Page 104
8  GATED COMMUNITIES IN SOUTH AFRICA......Page 120
9  THE SPREAD OF PRIVATE GUARDED NEIGHBOURHOODS IN LEBANON AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF A HISTORICALLY AND GEOGRAPHICALLY SPECIFIC GOVERNMENTALITY1......Page 138
10  THE PURPLE JADE VILLAS (BEIJING)......Page 154
11  CHINA’S MODERN GATED CITIES......Page 166
12  THE RISE OF GATED RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBOURHOODS IN PORTUGAL AND SPAIN......Page 182
13  THE RISE OF PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBOURHOODS IN ENGLAND AND NEW ZEALAND......Page 202
14  MORE GATES, LESS COMMUNITY?......Page 216
15  CONCLUSION......Page 232
INDEX......Page 247