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ISBN: 9780415830416 Book Title: Gated Communities : Social Sustainability in Contemporary and His Subject Area: Political Science, Architecture, Social Science Item Width: 9.7 in Subject: Landscape, General, Public Policy / Regional Planning Publisher: Routledge height: 0.7 in Author: Ola Uduku Publication Name: Gated Communities : Social Sustainability in Contemporary and Historical Gated Developments Language: English width: 9.7 in Type: Textbook Item Weight: 10.4 Oz Number of Pages: 160 Pages Item Height: 0.7 in Format: Trade Paperback Item Length: 7.4 in Publication Year: 2012

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Gated Communities : Social Sustainability in Contemporary and Historical Gate.... Th presents a collection of writing on the issue by an international and interdisciplinary group of contributors who review current thinking and consider the sustainability issues that these communities raise. Gated Communities : Social Sustainability in Contemporary and Historical Gated Developments, Paperback by Bagaeen, Samer (EDT); Uduku, Ola (EDT), ISBN 0415830419, ISBN-13 9780415830416, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Gated Communities provides a historic, socio-political and contemporary cultural perspective of gated communities and offers a different lens through which to view the historical background of this global phenomenon. Th presents a collection of writing on the issue by an international and interdisciplinary group of contributors who review current thinking and consider the sustainability issues that these communities raise. The authors draw links between historic gated homesteads and cities, and today's Western-style secure complexes. Global examples of gated communities, and their historical context, are presented throughout.

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