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Fortress America : gated communities in the United States /

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All across the nation, Americans are forting up - retreating from their neighbors by locking themselves behind security-controlled walls, gates, and barriers. An estimated 8 million Americans live in gated communities today. These communities are most popular in Los Angeles, Phoenix, Chicago, Housto...

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Main Authors: Blakely, Edward J (Edward James), 1938- (Author), Snyder, Mary Gail (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, ©1997
Subjects:
Community life > United States
Gated communities > United States
Communauté > États-Unis
Communautés privées > États-Unis
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Urban & Regional
Communautés (contre-culture) > États-Unis
Communautés fermées > Etats-Unis
Communautés urbaines > États-Unis
Communautés > États-Unis
Community life
Gated communities
Gemeinde
Nachbarschaft
Quartiers (urbanisme) > Aspect social > Etats-Unis
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Urban
Segregation > Soziologie
Sécurité urbaine > États-Unis
Stadtviertel
Vie urbaine > États-Unis
Wohnsiedlung
Afgesloten ruimten
Veiligheid
Woonomgeving
USA
United States
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