Publication:
City Marketing and Gated Communities: A Case Study of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico

Simple item page
dc.contributor.advisorJohn Brigham
dc.contributor.advisorLaura Jensen
dc.contributor.advisorEllen Pader
dc.contributor.authorSuarez-Carrasquillo, Carlos A.
dc.contributor.departmentUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst
dc.date2023-09-22T20:29:13.000
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-26T19:45:59Z
dc.date.available2024-04-26T19:45:59Z
dc.date.issued2009-09-01
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation focuses on the dynamics of gated communities with attention to the municipality of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. Despite the growing numbers of gated communities worldwide, research on this matter remains scarce. I argue that a “gated community consensus” has emerged in Puerto Rico. The hypothesis is that in Guaynabo, the municipality facilitates the emergence of gated communities in order to change the face of the city and reap an economic windfall. Interviews demonstrate the municipality’s commitment to facilitating the construction of new communities and lending support to older communities. Most of these gated communities respond to high end income projects, thus altering the profile of Guaynabo’s residents. This has all led to the development of Guaynabo as a commodity, Guaynabo City, suitable to contractors, the municipality, and interested buyers. The gates confer prestige in the municipality.
dc.description.degreeDoctor of Philosophy (PhD)
dc.description.departmentPolitical Science
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.7275/1079189
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14394/38578
dc.relation.urlhttps://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1148&context=open_access_dissertations&unstamped=1
dc.source.statuspublished
dc.subjectcity marketing
dc.subjectgated communities
dc.subjectPuerto Rico
dc.subjecturban policy
dc.subjectPolitical Science
dc.titleCity Marketing and Gated Communities: A Case Study of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
dc.typedissertation
dc.typearticle
dc.typedissertation
digcom.contributor.authorisAuthorOfPublication|email:professorsuarezcarrasquillo@yahoo.com|institution:University of Massachusetts Amherst|Suarez-Carrasquillo, Carlos A.
digcom.identifieropen_access_dissertations/139
digcom.identifier.contextkey1079189
digcom.identifier.submissionpathopen_access_dissertations/139
dspace.entity.typePublication
Files
Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
SuarezCarrasquillo_umass_0118D_10186.pdf
Size:
1.5 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Name: SuarezCarrasquillo_umass_0118D_10186.pdf
Size: 1.5 MB
Kind: Adobe PDF
Collections
Dissertations