Incorporation and gated communities in the greater metro-los angeles region as a model of privatization of residential communities

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Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 85-108

  Low, Setha M ^a  

^a Department of Environmental Psychology   (United States)

Author keywords

Annexation; Ethnography; Gated communities; Incentive zoning; Incorporation; Privatization; Urban planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 47949113845     PISSN: 17406315     EISSN: 17517427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2752/174063108X287364     Document Type: Article

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