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Title

Private cities : global and local perspectives / edited by Georg Glasze, Chris Webster and Klaus Frantz.

Publication

London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.

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Additional Authors

• Glasze, Georg.
• Webster, Chris.
• Frantz, Klaus.

Description

xiv, 242 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Routledge studies in human geography ; 13

Subject

• Gated communities > Case studies

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction : global and local perspectives on the rise of private neighbourhoods / Georg Glasze, Chris Webster, Klaus Frantz -- The dynamics of privatopia : private residential governance in the USA / Evan Mckenzie -- The economic case for private residential government / Fred E. Foldvary -- Unlocking the gated community : moral minimalism and social (dis)order in gated communities in the United States and Mexico / Setha M. Low -- Private gated neighbourhoods : a progressive trend in US urban development / Klaus Frantz -- Gated communities as predators of public resources : the outcomes of fading boundaries between private management and public authorities in Southern California / Renaud Le Goix -- Condominios fechados and barrios privados : the rise of private residential neighbourhoods in Latin America / Michael Janoschka and Axel Borsdorf -- Gated communities in South Africa / Ulrich Jurgens, Karina Landman -- The spread of private guarded neighbourhoods in Lebanon and the significance of a historically and geographically specific governmentality / Georg Glasze -- The Purple Jade Villas (Beijing) : a golden ghetto in red China / Guillaume Giroir -- China's modern gated cities / Chris Webster, Fulong Wu, Yanjing Zhao -- The rise of gated residential neighbourhoods in Portugal and Spain : Lisbon and Madrid / Rainer Wehrhahn, Rita Raposo -- The rise of private residential neighbourhoods in England and New Zealand / Sarah Blandy, Jenny Dixon, Ann Dupuis, David Parsons -- More gates, less community? : guarded housing in Russia / Sebastian Lentz -- Conclusion : dynamic urban order and the rise of residential clubs / Chris Webster, Georg Glasze.

Call Number

JFE 06-6279

ISBN

0415341701 (alk. paper)

LCCN

• 2005008571
• 9780415341707 (alk. paper)

OCLC

• 58791240
• vendorOCM58791240

Title

Private cities : global and local perspectives / edited by Georg Glasze, Chris Webster and Klaus Frantz.

Imprint

London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.

Series

Routledge studies in human geography ; 13

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Table of contents

Added Author

Glasze, Georg.

Webster, Chris.

Frantz, Klaus.

Other Standard Identifier

9780415341707 (alk. paper)

Research Call Number

JFE 06-6279