GATEDPUG

The Challenge of Private Urban Governance and the Rise of Gated Communities in Europe

Coordinatore	CARDIFF UNIVERSITY    more  Organization address address: Newport Road 30-36 city: CARDIFF postcode: CF24 ODE contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Nick Cognome: Bodycombe Email: send email Telefono: -20870156 Fax: -20874174
Nazionalità Coordinatore	United Kingdom [UK]
Totale costo	170˙709 €
EC contributo	170˙709 €
Programma	FP7-PEOPLE Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
Code Call	FP7-PEOPLE-2007-2-1-IEF
Funding Scheme	MC-IEF
Anno di inizio	2008
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2008-10-01   -   2010-09-30

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	CARDIFF UNIVERSITY  Organization address address: Newport Road 30-36 city: CARDIFF postcode: CF24 ODE contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Nick Cognome: Bodycombe Email: send email Telefono: -20870156 Fax: -20874174	UK (CARDIFF)	coordinator	0.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'The European metropolitan regions are facing with the new challenge of the emergence of private urban governance and the rise of gated communities. Despite of the growing number of case studies there is however a lack of comparative studies and of a general theory that could link the main research paradigms (the market-driven process approach conceptualise the rise of gated communities via economic rooted consumer-side choices, while the politics-driven process approach see it as results of exclusionary political behaviour of the affluent). The overall aim of the research project is to fill these gaps with a cross-European comparative study using an innovative research framework. In order to analyse the driving economic, social, and political factors it will be gathered and evaluated a cross-European database about gated communities. To offer policy recommendations the research will use the framework of the trilemma of urban governance developed by the applicant. Its main message is that the objectives low congestion cost, high efficiency in production of public goods and services, and high social cohesion are mutually incompatible. Policymakers have to choose among these desirable elements; however they can have at most two out of these three at the same time, having to decide which one they wish to give up. The main objective of the career development of the applicant is his integration into the European scientific excellence networks. The applicant has a wide-range knowledge in economic geography and research experience in Central and Eastern Europe that is the main basis to carry out the proposed research project with high scientific quality. Because of the multidisciplinary feature of the research projects it is however also needed skills and expertise in urban planning, housing market study, and legal issues related to gated communities, which will be provided trough trainings at the host institute'

Introduzione (Teaser)

The growth of gated communities throughout Europe is causing concern.

Descrizione progetto (Article)

The recent rise of gated communities in Europe has raised questions about their reasons for development and impact on private urban governance.

Moreover, it illuminates the inadequate levels of research on the trend.The project 'Challenge of private urban governance and the rise of gated communities in Europe' (GATEDPUG), funded by the EU, seeks to close this knowledge gap.

In the process, it discounts traditional theories that cite social concerns, safety issues and economic efficiency as the primary drivers for such developments.

A study conducted in Budapest reveals that, in fact, gated communities are developing in low crime areas.

Additionally, while evidence partially supports the significance of economic considerations, there are other motivating factors at play such as the prestige derived from residing in gated communities.

Researchers have developed the trilemma theory in examining urban governance and the problems presented by gated communities.

This illustrates the three key considerations of urban development: lower congestion costs, higher efficiency in the production of public goods and services, and higher social cohesion.

Gated communities effectively privatise urban governance and address concerns of congestion and allocation of goods and services.

The downside of this is the negative impact on social cohesion, although it is unclear how much of a concern this is at this point.

GATEDPUG also conducted a cross-European analysis to determine why some European countries have more gated communities than others.

The analysis returned a correlation between countries with centralised governments and gated communities.Researchers suspect that local governments in centralised countries have insufficient fiscal autonomy and therefore cannot meet the needs of its citizens.

More work must be conducted to understand the increase of gated communities, their impact on social cohesion, and the greater implications of privatised urban governance