The Gated City

Planning Practice and the Challenges of Urban Fragmentation in Mexico
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-4473-7537-1
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 242 mm, Gewicht: 458 g

The book tells the story of the proliferation of gated communities and the privatisation of public life and public space in Mexico over the last three decades. Drawing on research from Lomas de Angelópolis in Puebla, one of the largest gated communities in the world, Emma Regina Morales explores why such fortified spaces have proved popular with middle-class households.

Weaving together the multiple influences of housing policy, predatory financial markets, and an increased fear of crime, the book sets out how policy makers and planners can improve decision-making and provide non-gated solutions to urban anxiety.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Morales, Emma Regina

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Städtebau, Stadtplanung (Architektur)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

Part 1: Urban Fragmentation and the Urban Gating Phenomenon

1. Planning Practice and Urban Fragmentation

2. Gatedness: A Framework to Understand the Urban Gating Phenomenon

Part 2: Policies, Practices, and Meanings in Mexican Gatedness

3. Macro-Scale Stimulus in the Mexican Urban Gating Process

4. Regional Fragmented Configurations: Puebla's Metropolitan Area

5. Enabling the Gated City: The Lomas de Angelópolis Case

6. Conclusion

Appendix: Policy Toolbox for the Open City for Local Governments

Über Autor(innen)

Morales, Emma Regina
Emma Regina Morales is a planner and professor at Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente, Mexico.