The Belgrade Wall: The Proliferation of Gated Housing in the Serbian Capital after Socialism

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 753-777

  Hirt, Sonia ^a   Petrović, Mina ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Belgrade; Gated communities; Post socialist cities; Serbia

Indexed keywords

GATED COMMUNITY; HOUSING PROJECT; POST-COMMUNISM; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT; RESIDENTIAL SATISFACTION; SECURITY; TERRITORIALITY; URBAN SOCIETY;

BELGRADE; SERBIA;

EID: 79958763053     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2011.01056.x     Document Type: Article

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