Constructing a new private order: Gated communities and the privatization of urban life in post-reform Shanghai

Social and Cultural Geography

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 813-833

  Pow, Choon Piew ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Gated communities; Privacy; Public private life; Shanghai

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMY; GATED COMMUNITY; PRIVATIZATION; PUBLIC SPACE; URBAN SITE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SHANGHAI;

EID: 36849057272     PISSN: 14649365     EISSN: 14701197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14649360701712511     Document Type: Article

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