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Al-Abed, A. (2011). BOTTOM SQUATTED SETTLEMENTS VS. TOP GATED COMMUNITIES:A NEW DIRECTION OF SOCIAL SEGREGATION IN SANA'A CITY. JES. Journal of Engineering Sciences, 39(No 5), 1157-1174. doi: 10.21608/jesaun.2011.129395
Abdullah Al-Abed. "BOTTOM SQUATTED SETTLEMENTS VS. TOP GATED COMMUNITIES:A NEW DIRECTION OF SOCIAL SEGREGATION IN SANA'A CITY". JES. Journal of Engineering Sciences, 39, No 5, 2011, 1157-1174. doi: 10.21608/jesaun.2011.129395
Al-Abed, A. (2011). 'BOTTOM SQUATTED SETTLEMENTS VS. TOP GATED COMMUNITIES:A NEW DIRECTION OF SOCIAL SEGREGATION IN SANA'A CITY', JES. Journal of Engineering Sciences, 39(No 5), pp. 1157-1174. doi: 10.21608/jesaun.2011.129395
Al-Abed, A. BOTTOM SQUATTED SETTLEMENTS VS. TOP GATED COMMUNITIES:A NEW DIRECTION OF SOCIAL SEGREGATION IN SANA'A CITY. JES. Journal of Engineering Sciences, 2011; 39(No 5): 1157-1174. doi: 10.21608/jesaun.2011.129395

BOTTOM SQUATTED SETTLEMENTS VS. TOP GATED COMMUNITIES:A NEW DIRECTION OF SOCIAL SEGREGATION IN SANA'A CITY

Article 15, Volume 39, No 5, September and October 2011, Page 1157-1174  XML PDF (1.97 MB)
Document Type: Research Paper
DOI: 10.21608/jesaun.2011.129395
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Author
Abdullah Al-Abed
Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Sana'a University, YEMEN
Abstract
Since 1960’s the phenomenon of urban social segregation has been
developed in Sana'a city in three consecutive zones. These are the
indigenous, transitional and spontaneous zones. The architecture of the
indigenous zone was not used as a means to express wealth and status of
the inhabitants. The trend in the transitional zone was ‘softly segregated’.
To examine the new direction of social segregation between bottom
squatted settlements and top gated communities in the fringe "spontaneous
zones" of Sana'a city, this study adopted an investigatory approach and
utilised multiple qualitative methods.
Evidence in this paper reveals that social segregation between the well-off
in gated communities and concentrated poverty in squatted settlements is
blurred in the peripheral zone of the case study city.
Keywords
gated communities; squatted settlements; social segregation; Sana'a; Yemen
Main Subjects
Architecture Engineering and the Engineering Architectural Interior Design.
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