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Titre
Gated Communities and Homogeneity in Las Vegas and Phoenix
Sujet
[SHS:GEO] Humanities and Social Sciences/Geography
gated communities
private urban governance
sustainability
private cities
business improvement districts
Description
In this paper we use geographically referenced data for two metropolitan areas in the U.S. to test hypotheses about the homogeneity of gated communities and their link to segregation. Based on methodology developed by Renaud Le Goix in his study of Los Angeles area, we investigate homogeneity in three aspects: race/ethnicity, economic class and age. The results indicate that gated communities are mostly homogeneous enclaves. Their relevance to segregation patterns is structured through buffer zones: stronger social discontinuities cannot be found matching gated communities boundaries, but at a certain distance from the walls. Overall, gated communities lead to increased segregation by reinforcing the already existing levels of racial residential segregation in each metropolitan area.
Créateur
Vesselinov, Elena
Le Goix, Renaud
Source
2007 4th International Conference on Private Urban Governance and Gated Communities. 5-8 june 2007 (CD-ROM)
2007 4th International Conference on Private Urban Governance and Gated Communities. 5-8 june 2007
Date
2007-06
Langue
ENG
Type
conference proceeding
Identifiant
http://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00204699
http://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/docs/00/20/46/99/PDF/011_vesselinov_legoix.pdf
Couverture
Paris
France