UTOPIAS AND DYSTOPIAS RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN MEXICO

Authors

  • Liliana López Levi Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana. Xochimilco

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/ag.v2i1.3900

Abstract

This article analyses, from a cultural point of view, gated communities for middle class in Mexico. The investors present these urban spaces as alternatives opposed to a chaotic and dangerous city, but it turns out to be a simulation, that once lived, loses its charm and becomes an utopia, an ideal but inexistent place. As a case study I take two gated communities promoted by the same company, but in two separate Mexican cities, distant one from the other: Tijuana and Mexico City. Key words: utopia, distopia, imaginaries, gated communities, Mexico.

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Published

2008-05-10

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How to Cite

LEVI, L. L. UTOPIAS AND DYSTOPIAS RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN MEXICO. Ateliê Geográfico Journal, v. 2, n. 1, p. 1–17, 10 May2008.