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Gated communities: The new ideal way of life in natal, Brazil

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  • Maria Floresia Pessoa de Souza e Silva

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Gated communities have been growing quickly in Brazil's urban and suburban areas since the 1980s, bringing challenges to society through their privatization of public space, conflict with planning norms, and interference with the integrated planning of the cities in which they are built. My article analyzes this phenomenon to establish a clear basis for purposeful public policies in Brazil. The analysis is based on a case study of the first three closed condominiums in Natal. It involves 31 semistructured interviews focusing on legal, urban/architectural, and segregational factors and their implications. Federal and local governments have contributed, deliberately or unwittingly, to the development of such enclosed complexes, which have social and spatial impacts and guarantee that the upper class will remain wealthy. There also seems to be a close relationship between the spread of fortified residences and the promotion of a “culture of fear.”

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  • Maria Floresia Pessoa de Souza e Silva, 2007. "Gated communities: The new ideal way of life in natal, Brazil," Housing Policy Debate, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 18(3), pages 557-576, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:houspd:v:18:y:2007:i:3:p:557-576
    DOI: 10.1080/10511482.2007.9521611
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