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- catalog abstract "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, Houston, New York, and Miami. This trend has become popular in both new suburban developments and older inner-city areas as residents seek refuge from the problems of urbanization. But what does it mean for the nation? Fortress America is the first sweeping study of the development and social impact of this rapidly growing phenomenon. While early gated communities were restricted to retirement villages and the compounds of the super-rich, today the majority are for the middle to upper-middle class. But even existing modest-income neighborhoods are using barricades and gates to seal themselves off. The book looks at the three main categories of gated communities and the reasons for their popularity: lifestyle communities, including retirement communities, golf and country club leisure developments, and suburban new towns; prestige communities, including enclaves of the rich and famous, developments for high-level professionals, and executive home developments for the middle class, where the gates symbolize distinction and stature; and security zones, where fear of crime and outsiders is the main motivation for fortifications. They argue that gating does nothing to address the problems it is a response to. They propose alternatives, such as emphasizing crime prevention, controlling traffic in neighborhoods, designing new developments to encourage sustainable communities, and creating metropolitan regional planning governance.".
- catalog contributor b10478541.
- catalog contributor b10478542.
- catalog contributor b10478543.
- catalog created "c1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "c1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1997.".
- catalog description "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, Houston, New York, and Miami. This trend has become popular in both new suburban developments and older inner-city areas as residents seek refuge from the problems of urbanization. But what does it mean for the nation? Fortress America is the first sweeping study of the development and social impact of this rapidly growing phenomenon. While early gated communities were restricted to retirement villages and the compounds of the super-rich, today the majority are for the middle to upper-middle class. But even existing modest-income neighborhoods are using barricades and gates to seal themselves off. The book looks at the three main categories of gated communities and the reasons for their popularity: lifestyle communities, including retirement communities, golf and country club leisure developments, and suburban new towns; prestige communities, including enclaves of the rich and famous, developments for high-level professionals, and executive home developments for the middle class, where the gates symbolize distinction and stature; and security zones, where fear of crime and outsiders is the main motivation for fortifications. They argue that gating does nothing to address the problems it is a response to. They propose alternatives, such as emphasizing crime prevention, controlling traffic in neighborhoods, designing new developments to encourage sustainable communities, and creating metropolitan regional planning governance.".
- catalog description "Forting up -- The search for community -- Gates to paradise : lifestyle communities -- I have a dream : the prestige communities -- Enclaves of fear : security zone communities -- You can run, but you can't hide -- Not-so-brave world -- Building better communities.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 194-201) and index.".
- catalog extent "xi, 209 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Fortress America.".
- catalog identifier "081571002X (cloth)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Fortress America.".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "c1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution ; Cambridge, Mass. : Lincoln Institute of Land Policy,".
- catalog relation "Fortress America.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "307.76 21".
- catalog subject "Community life United States.".
- catalog subject "Gated communities United States.".
- catalog subject "HT169.59.U6 B53 1997".
- catalog tableOfContents "Forting up -- The search for community -- Gates to paradise : lifestyle communities -- I have a dream : the prestige communities -- Enclaves of fear : security zone communities -- You can run, but you can't hide -- Not-so-brave world -- Building better communities.".
- catalog title "Fortress America : gated communities in the United States / Edward J. Blakely and Mary Gail Snyder.".
- catalog type "text".