Fear and segregation: Anxiety Beyond Gated Communities. The Costa Rican case
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2022-01-01Autor
Barrantes Chaves, Karla
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Spatial segregation is one of the main consequences of building gated
communities. They are typically walled or fenced, with private security and surveillance
devices. Gated communities have been spreading rapidly in Latin America as
they are seen as ‘shelters’ against crime; paradoxically, they might be catalysing the
fear of crime towards the neighbouring public spaces, fuelling a vicious circle of
fear. The way they are fortified represents more than a physical barrier; it contributes
to rising tensions between those on different sides of the wall. This essay explores
the perception of non-gated residents from eight case studies with different levels
of poverty within the Greater Metropolitan Area of Costa Rica. Those views were
gathered mainly through walks tracked with a GPS and focus groups; the qualitative
data from the walks were codified and visualised through ‘Talk’s track maps’. The
essay addresses how gated communities’ edges exacerbate the exclusion feelings in
adjacent neighbourhoods and how those reactions are linked to fear of crime.
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