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Spatial Tensions in Urban DesignFear and Segregation: Anxiety Beyond Gated Communities. The Costa Rican Case

Spatial Tensions in Urban Design: Fear and Segregation: Anxiety Beyond Gated Communities. The... [Spatial segregation is one of the main consequences of building gated communities. They are typically walled or fenced, with private security and surveillance devices. Gated communities have been spreading rapidly in Latin America as they are seen as ‘shelters’ against crime; paradoxically, they might be catalysing the fear of crime towards the neighbouring public spaces, fuelling a vicious circle of fear. The way they are fortified represents more than a physical barrier; it contributes to rising tensions between those on different sides of the wall. This essay explores the perception of non-gated residents from eight case studies with different levels of poverty within the Greater Metropolitan Area of Costa Rica. Those views were gathered mainly through walks tracked with a GPS and focus groups; the qualitative data from the walks were codified and visualised through ‘Talk’s track maps’. The essay addresses how gated communities’ edges exacerbate the exclusion feelings in adjacent neighbourhoods and how those reactions are linked to fear of crime.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Spatial Tensions in Urban DesignFear and Segregation: Anxiety Beyond Gated Communities. The Costa Rican Case

Part of the The Urban Book Series Book Series
Editors: Vassallo, Ianira; Cerruti But, Michele; Setti, Giulia; Kercuku, Agim
Barrantes Chaves, Karla
Spatial Tensions in Urban Design — Jan 1, 2022
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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
ISBN
978-3-030-84082-2
Pages
63 –74
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-84083-9_5
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Abstract

[Spatial segregation is one of the main consequences of building gated communities. They are typically walled or fenced, with private security and surveillance devices. Gated communities have been spreading rapidly in Latin America as they are seen as ‘shelters’ against crime; paradoxically, they might be catalysing the fear of crime towards the neighbouring public spaces, fuelling a vicious circle of fear. The way they are fortified represents more than a physical barrier; it contributes to rising tensions between those on different sides of the wall. This essay explores the perception of non-gated residents from eight case studies with different levels of poverty within the Greater Metropolitan Area of Costa Rica. Those views were gathered mainly through walks tracked with a GPS and focus groups; the qualitative data from the walks were codified and visualised through ‘Talk’s track maps’. The essay addresses how gated communities’ edges exacerbate the exclusion feelings in adjacent neighbourhoods and how those reactions are linked to fear of crime.]

Published: Jan 1, 2022

Keywords: Fear-crime; Gated communities; Residential segregation; Costa Rica

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