Some Reflections on the Economic and Political Organisation of Private Neighbourhoods

Glasze, Georg

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“…El atractivo que los condominios han tenido para desarrolladores, gobiernos locales y residentes se produce porque los primeros pueden regular el uso de los espacios comunes y reducir el riesgo de la degradación económica del condominio; mientras que los gobiernos locales se evitan problemas y se permiten delegar funciones, y los vecinos se benefician del nivel y calidad de los servicios públicos suministrados en lo privado gracias a sus cuotas de mantenimiento, mientras su autogobierno asegura el control del ambiente y permite gestionar una imagen de prestigio del vecindario (Glasze, 2005). Una de las mujeres entrevistadas se ríe de la palabra "mágica" que motiva al funcionamiento interno de los residentes: el que sus propiedades no pierdan valor, "todo el tiempo están diciendo 'hay que mantener estas calles, ¡la plusvalía que tiene!'"…”

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Mujeres y neocolonialidad en los condominios de lujo de ciudad de Guatemala

Camús

2015

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ResumenEl artículo se refiere a los condominios suburbanos de clases medias y medias-altas que se extienden por el sureste de la ciudad de Guatemala y, desde las voces de sus mujeres residentes de estos, describe el estilo de vida de las familias en estos espacios. Expone también la reproducción de relaciones de neocolonialidad y de cultura de servidumbre que conlleva este mundo del privilegio. Finalmente propone en qué consiste la especificidad guatemalteca en esta tendencia global del habitar en fraccionamientos cerrados.Palabras clave: mujeres; neocolonialidad; condominios de lujo; ciudad de Guatemala; privilegio. AbstractThe article refers to middle and middle-high class suburban condominiums stretching to the southeast of Guatemala City and, from the voices of women living in the sames, describe the lifestyle of the families in these spaces. Also exposes the reproduction of neocoloniality relations and culture of servitude involved in this world of privilege. Finally proposes the Guatemalan specificity in this global trend of dwelling in gated communities.Key words: women; neocoloniality; luxury condominiums; Guatemala City; privilege.Este artículo se centra en las recientes colonias suburbanas y en sus residentes que forman parte de la expansión de las clases emergentes ganadoras de la globalización (Svampa, 2008). Abarca las características de la expansión de estos fraccionamientos en ciudad de Guatemala, lo que es el régimen de condominio y las condiciones que impone a sus residentes; el perfil de estos habitantes del privilegio y el estilo de vida que practican las familias que componen dichos espacios que emulan el espíritu neocolonial y que se acompañan de una cultura de servidumbre, lo cual se ilustra con los testimonios de algunas mujeres.Finalmente, se proponen algunos puntos de la especificidad guatemalteca de esta tendencia global de habitar en condominio, en la privatización de la seguridad y el armamentismo; el ser servidos y la renovación de los arquetipos de género, el

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Mujeres y neocolonialidad en los condominios de lujo de ciudad de Guatemala

Camús

2015

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“…These governing bodies are formed from among residents tied to a common set of interests by contract (Kennedy, 1995;McKenzie, 2006bMcKenzie, , 1994Owens, 1997), and there has been a variety of them used in different local contexts. GCs and walled neighborhoods are therefore a family member of a more general class that includes master-planned communities (horizontal version) and condominiums (vertical version) governed by collective tenure and incorporated organizational arrangements (Glasze, 2005). Important considerations from this perspective include the nature of ownership, governance, and management and how it interacts with local bodies of governments and communities (Kennedy, 1995;Le Goix, 2006).…”

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Gated Communities

Goix¹

2015

International Encyclopedia of the Social &Amp; Behavioral Sciences

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Gated communities are enclosed residential subdivisions, privately operated under contractual agreements between homeowners, yielding an interlocking of access control, legal arrangements, and social interactions. Built as morphological enclaves with physical enclosures and security features, they are also designed to exclude others: property rights are implemented in property owners associations, the private governance structures regulating the selection of residents based on age, lifestyle, or social preferences. Gated neighborhoods are therefore viewed as securitization strategies for the subset of the public who seek comfort in social homogeneity.

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“…As such and to a certain extent, this association constitutes an intermediate level of management between the individual property owner and the local authority, the so-called neighbourhood governance of Atkinson et al (2004). In addition to the individual property of their piece of land, house or apartment, the owners hold titles of an undivided interest in the common property, the green spaces and the facilities (Glasze, 2005). In practice, these collective interests of the residents' group may supersede the other two interests, i.e.…”

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Closed Condominiums as Urban Fragments of the Contemporary City

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2009

European Planning Studies

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Contemporary cities have witnessed the emergence of new real-estate products in which gated communities and closed condominiums (CCs) can be included. The proliferation of these urban products is worldwide, with similar patterns that are analysed in this paper according to five perspectives of analysis: physical, economic, social, political and cultural. These perspectives crosscut some of the main issues of discussion of the contemporary urban debate associated with private residential developments. These developments seem to appeal to an increasing number of social groups and have been able to adapt to different planning systems. With a smaller scale, these developments emerged in Portugal in the form of CCs, and are analysed in a case study in Greater Oporto. The purpose of this paper is to present the Portuguese singularities of this phenomenon in comparison with the worldwide dimension. In our case study we find some important particularities strongly associated with the Portuguese planning system. Some of these particularities have negative impacts on the surrounding urban landscape. As a result, CCs demand specific planning policies to counteract the negative consequences they are likely to generate in local social and urban fabrics. In the absence of these policies, CCs, as well as other private residential developments, are likely to contribute further to an increasingly fragmented and divided urban landscape.

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Some Reflections on the Economic and Political Organisation of Private Neighbourhoods

Cited by 89 publications

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Mujeres y neocolonialidad en los condominios de lujo de ciudad de Guatemala

Mujeres y neocolonialidad en los condominios de lujo de ciudad de Guatemala

Gated Communities

Closed Condominiums as Urban Fragments of the Contemporary City

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