Between Walls and Fences: How Different Types of Gated Communities Shape the Streets around them

Author(s): David Kostenwein
Journal Title: Urban Studies
Publisher(s): SAGE Publications
Publication Year: 2021

Gated communities in Latin American cities have become the new normal. The streets bordered by fences, walls and the occasional gate, formed when two or more gated communities face each other, dominate the urban landscape today. In this Urban Studies article, taking Bogotá with its 3500 gated communities as a case study, CSS’ PhD candidate David Kostenwein creates a novel typology focusing on the gated community’s spatial dimension, not portraying it as an isolated island but as an integral part of the urban realm.

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