The gated housing hierarchy

Obeng-Odoom, F

The gated housing hierarchy

Obeng-Odoom, F

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Citation:: Property, Place, and Piracy, 2018, First, pp. 187 - 201
Issue Date:: 2018

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dc.contributor.author	Obeng-Odoom, F https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3997-7751	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Arvanitakis, J	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Fredriksson, M	en_US
dc.date.issued	2018	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Property, Place, and Piracy, 2018, First, pp. 187 - 201	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	9781138745131	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/121386
dc.description.abstract	In piratical property right terms, even the pioneering work of Chris Webster, extended by others such as T. Manzi and B. Smith-Bowers, which frames gated housing in property rights terms or as 'proprietary communities', must be problematised. A piratical property rights approach can draw on a diverse range of frameworks, but it is always characterised by an emphasis on transition, disruption of order, and transformation. Some scholars have described the relationship between surrounding slums and the social organisation of gated clubs, while others focus more strongly on the internal structure of gated communities and how they exist on the ashes of displaced settlements which reappear around the estates. This chapter advances this state of knowledge by demonstrating that, within the clubs of affluence too, much piracy occurs and recurs. It considers an approach for data collection and analysis, followed by reflections on research findings and their implications. It highlights the need to re-contextualise and re-conceptualise gating in Africa.	en_US
dc.publisher	Routledge	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Property, Place, and Piracy	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.4324/2F9781315180731-14	en_US
dc.title	The gated housing hierarchy	en_US
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utslib.for	1205 Urban and Regional Planning	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building/School of Built Environment
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CCDP - Contemporary Design Practice
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Abstract:

In piratical property right terms, even the pioneering work of Chris Webster, extended by others such as T. Manzi and B. Smith-Bowers, which frames gated housing in property rights terms or as 'proprietary communities', must be problematised. A piratical property rights approach can draw on a diverse range of frameworks, but it is always characterised by an emphasis on transition, disruption of order, and transformation. Some scholars have described the relationship between surrounding slums and the social organisation of gated clubs, while others focus more strongly on the internal structure of gated communities and how they exist on the ashes of displaced settlements which reappear around the estates. This chapter advances this state of knowledge by demonstrating that, within the clubs of affluence too, much piracy occurs and recurs. It considers an approach for data collection and analysis, followed by reflections on research findings and their implications. It highlights the need to re-contextualise and re-conceptualise gating in Africa.

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