Planning responses to gated communities in Canada

Housing Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 273-285

  Grant, Jill ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Gated communities; Planning

Indexed keywords

GATED COMMUNITY; PLANNING SYSTEM; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; URBAN HOUSING;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 16344384590     PISSN: 02673037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026730303042000331772     Document Type: Article

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