Housing for the working class on the periphery of Mexico City: a new version of gated communities.

From: Social Justice | Date: September 22, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

THE EARLIEST VERSIONS OF GATED COMMUNITIES (1) IN MEXICO WERE THE COUNTRY clubs. Initially, these were golf clubs such as the Club Campestre in Mexico City, built in 1920, which had only a few residential plots on the peripheral areas of the golfing facilities. Later on, they were transformed into a real estate business, providing areas for the sale of plots of land for residential development. This type of urbanization was closely related to the search for exclusivity and social status, thus originating the process of social segregation in the city. Golf and riding clubs became ...

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