By Bryan R. Roberts, Robert H. Wilson
In this quantity, the authors current experiences of the rising trend of socio-economic segregation in seven significant towns of Latin the United States and, for inter-regional distinction, one within the United States.
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Between 1991 and 1999, the number of luxury houses multiplied fourfold (Torres, 2001), and the number of working- and middle-class houses decreased more than 10 percent. The process of suburbanization of the elites intensified, paralleling the increase in the growth of gated communities. All measures of the magnitude of the expansion of gated communities indicate an extraordinary growth during the nineties. Between 1990 and 1991, 91 different communities were registered, whereas in 2001, there were 461 (Torres, 2001).
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