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Title: A typology of gated communities in US Western Metropolitan Areas
Citation Type: Working Paper
Publication Year: 2012
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Abstract: This working paper investigates the social dimensions of gated communities in US western metropolitan areas, and investigates their contribution to segregation patterns at the metropolitan level. On the basis of a socio-economic typology at the block group level, we analyze the socio-economic patterns associated with gated residential streets in 20 metropolitan areas in the western US (in California, and in Las Vegas and Phoenix). We use geographically referenced data at the gated street level to build a database of gated streets and gated block groups. This definition of gated block groups and gated streets is then compared with the results of a multivariate analysis investigating socioeconomic patterns in three aspects: race and ethnicity, economic class and age in 2010 census. The results show a contrasting understanding of their contribution to segregation patterns: whereas larger gated communities are more likely to be ”retirement communities”, the stronger trend relates to the amplitude of the diffusion of both large and small gated communities within the wealthier neighborhoods. But the analysis of smaller gated developments demonstrates the really diverse and wide spectrum of the gated and private realm of residential neighborhoods.
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Authors: Le Goix, Renaud; Vesselinov, Elena
Series Title: HAL
Publication Number: 00851443
Institution: HAL
Pages: 32
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Topics: Housing and Segregation
Countries: United States