Gated Communities ( CID )

Abstract

The term “gated community” is used generically to describe private common interest housing known as “CIDs,” and specifically to describe neighborhoods with entry controls, hardened perimeters, and internal surveillance. CIDs, including gated communities, have become the predominant form of new housing construction in the United States and many other countries. The academic literature on these communities focuses on the ways in which their private governance structures depart from liberal‐democratic norms, and how they are related to increasing segregation by income. There is an emerging literature on their financial sustainability.