Outside the Walls: Urban Gated Communities and their Regulation within the British Planning System

Aron Gooblar

European Planning Studies, 2002, vol. 10, issue 3, 321-334

Abstract: Gated communities are residential developments where access is restricted and public spaces are privatized. They have potential impacts on their surrounding neighbourhoods such as threatening safety, restricting access, and perpetuating social inequality. Although there is an academic and public policy debate in the US, there has been little attention focused on gated communities in Britain. This article looks at how the British planning system deals with this issue by comparing development control of gated communities in two boroughs of London. The conclusion is that the planning system does not adequately consider the impacts of gated communities and specific policies are needed.

Date: 2002
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DOI: 10.1080/09654310220121068

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