The gated city : planning practice and the challenges of urban fragmentation in Mexico / Emma Regina Morales.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morales, Emma Regina, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gated communities--Mexico.

Gated communities.

Housing policy--Mexico.

Housing policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 202 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Policy Press, 2025.

Summary:

The book tells the story of the proliferation of gated communities in Mexico over the last three decades. 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 provide non-gated solutions to urban anxiety.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

List of figures and tables

List of abbreviations

About the author

Acknowledgements

Preface

Introduction

Urban fragmentation and the urban gating phenomenon

Planning practice and urban fragmentation

Gatedness: a framework to understand the urban gating phenomenon

Policies, practices, and meanings in Mexican gatedness

Macro-scale stimulus in the Mexican urban gating process

Regional fragmented configurations: Puebla's metropolitan area

Enabling the gated city: the Lomas de Angelópolis case

Conclusion

Policy toolbox for the open city for local governments

References

Index.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 12 Sep 2025).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-4473-7540-8

1-4473-7539-4

OCLC:

1515462809