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Twelve Secession or cohesion? Exploring the impact of gated communities
Abstract
This chapter examines the consequences for social cohesion of the increasing number of gated communities in England. An assessment of the evidence on the levels of community cohesion within such developments is provided. One section explores the broad social cohesion outcomes of locating gated communities in their wider neighbourhood contexts. A five-part typology of ‘host’ neighbourhoods in which gated communities may be situated is developed in the chapter. It is concluded that the processes of social secession which are evident in the arrival of gated communities needs a national government response that puts these forms of residential developments in a community cohesion and planning framework.
Abstract
This chapter examines the consequences for social cohesion of the increasing number of gated communities in England. An assessment of the evidence on the levels of community cohesion within such developments is provided. One section explores the broad social cohesion outcomes of locating gated communities in their wider neighbourhood contexts. A five-part typology of ‘host’ neighbourhoods in which gated communities may be situated is developed in the chapter. It is concluded that the processes of social secession which are evident in the arrival of gated communities needs a national government response that puts these forms of residential developments in a community cohesion and planning framework.
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents iii
- List of tables and figures iv
- Acknowledgements v
- Notes on contributors vi
- Introduction 1
- Community cohesion and the politics of communitarianism 15
- Community cohesion in Bradford: neoliberal integrationism 35
- Connectivity of place and housing market change: the case of Birmingham 57
- Shifting geographies of minority ethnic settlement: remaking communities in Oldham and Rochdale 81
- Employment and disconnection: cultures of worklessness in neighbourhoods 99
- Beyond ‘social glue’? ‘Faith’ and community cohesion 119
- The third sector and community cohesion in deprived neighbourhoods 139
- Welfare state institutions and secessionary neighbourhood spaces 159
- New immigration and neighbourhood change 177
- Too much cohesion? Young people’s territoriality in Glasgow and Edinburgh 199
- Geodemographics and the construction of differentiated neighbourhoods 219
- Secession or cohesion? Exploring the impact of gated communities 239
- Conclusions 259
- Index 267
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents iii
- List of tables and figures iv
- Acknowledgements v
- Notes on contributors vi
- Introduction 1
- Community cohesion and the politics of communitarianism 15
- Community cohesion in Bradford: neoliberal integrationism 35
- Connectivity of place and housing market change: the case of Birmingham 57
- Shifting geographies of minority ethnic settlement: remaking communities in Oldham and Rochdale 81
- Employment and disconnection: cultures of worklessness in neighbourhoods 99
- Beyond ‘social glue’? ‘Faith’ and community cohesion 119
- The third sector and community cohesion in deprived neighbourhoods 139
- Welfare state institutions and secessionary neighbourhood spaces 159
- New immigration and neighbourhood change 177
- Too much cohesion? Young people’s territoriality in Glasgow and Edinburgh 199
- Geodemographics and the construction of differentiated neighbourhoods 219
- Secession or cohesion? Exploring the impact of gated communities 239
- Conclusions 259
- Index 267
