Physical-material fragmentation and gated communities in the metropolitan area of Queretaro-Mexico

Abstract

Physical-material fragmentation is one of the other categories of analysis less studied, the urban design of spaces is not a relevant variable in studies of geographers and sociologists, only it appears as the stage where he spent urban fragmentation. However, the question arises, How gated communities create physical-equipment urban fragmentation? This can be done by analyzing the object system, recording the locations of objects that have emerged in the contemporary city. This assumes that the new objects, renew the local system of relations and redefine the medium that entertains them.

This analysis is thus based on the study of the types of gated communities developed in the metropolitan area of Queretaro in Mexico. In this sense, one of the contributions of the research was to determine the qualities of the gated communities that generate the urban fragmentation. First, the degree of autonomy that encourages the space, that is, the condition of these buildings to not depend on the urban environment; second, the degree of division that encourages this space, based on the condition of these to be separated from their adjacent urban environment; and third, the degree of dispersion of the gated community, understood as the condition of separation and / or dissemination of this with the urban plan.