Dupont Véronique. (2016). Secured residential enclaves in the Delhi region : impact of indigenous and transnational models. In :
Brosius C. (ed.), Schilbach T. (ed.). "Mind the gap" : thinking about in-between spaces in Delhi and Shanghai. City, Culture and Society, 7 (4), p. 227-236. ISSN 1877-9166.
Titre du document
Secured residential enclaves in the Delhi region : impact of indigenous and transnational models
Année de publication
2016
Type de document
Article
Auteurs
Dupont Véronique
In
Brosius C. (ed.), Schilbach T. (ed.) "Mind the gap" : thinking about in-between spaces in Delhi and Shanghai
Source
City, Culture and Society, 2016,
7 (4), p. 227-236 ISSN 1877-9166
This paper examines the development of secured residential enclaves in India, especially in Delhi. It expounds the conditions of their emergence and success: although gated communities are a market driven development boosted by economic liberalisation reforms, they are also embedded in indigenous traditions of residential segregation and enclosure as well as colonial practices. The Non-Resident Indians (NRI) have further played a significant role in the production of these new residential spaces. Significant appeal factors are explored: desire for security, retreat from failing government and the polluted city, search for exclusivity, elitism and social homogeneity. Tapping into the Indian diaspora market and the middle-class' aspirations for social status, promoters have projected their residential enclaves as a way of "global living" in a healthy environment, reserved to a privileged cosmopolitan elite. Yet, gated communities in Delhi are not a mere exogenous Western production; rather, they are spaces in-between the global and the local. The findings are based on direct field observations in Delhi and a review of advertisements by real estate developers in various media. The analysis pursues an Indo-Chinese comparative perspective with reference to the research of Marie Sander (this issue) on gated communities in Shanghai.
Plan de classement
Urbanisation et sociétés urbaines [102]
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Société, développement social [106]
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Démographie [108]
