In the last twenty years, thousands upon thousands of the upper and middle classes have
retreated into gated communities. In 2002 it is estimated that one in eight Americans will live …

Las estructuras urbanas en América Latina se transformaron sustancialmente desde los
primeros esbozos de generalización en un modelo hace 25 años. En este sentido, los …

¿ Representan los countries y barrios privados el fin de toda expectativa pólítica integradora
y la disolución de las formas tradicionales de solidaridad?¿ Expresan la victoria de …

When in 1976 the first models of the Latin American city were published, the subcontinent
was still under the economical influence of the strategy of industrialization for imports …

For the antagonist, private communities are icons of post-consensus, fragmenting civic
society, enclosing and excluding by contractual constitution and sometimes by walls and …

This chapter presents a case study of a gated community in Mendoza, Argentina,
called'Palmares'. The development of the gated community'Palmares de Presidente'started …

Latin America's crime rates are astonishing by any standard—the region's homicide rate is
the world's highest. This crisis continually traps governments between the need for …

Buenos Airesinhabitants proudly introduce their city to visitors via the enumeration of
records; Taking a taxi from the international airport to the city centre, everyone will get to …

In Latin America, the combination of democratization, neoliberalism, and record crime rates
has converged to spur such a phenomenal growth in private security that private security …

Changing patterns of urban growth in Latin America have drawn scholars' attention to new
forms of socioeconomic segregation. In Mexico, changes in urban development are different …