Gated urban societies and their social implications for the cities of Upper Egypt A sociological study of the trends of a sample of the population of Assiut

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Department of Sociology - Faculty of Arts - Assiut University

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    This study aimed to identify the attitudes of citizens towards the growth of fenced urban communities and their social repercussions on Upper Egypt cities, and it relied on the descriptive analytical method, the social survey method, and used the attitudes scale and the interview guide in field data collection.  the study was applied to a simple random sample consisting of (600) individual from Assiut city Residents , as well as applied to an intentional  sample of (20) cases from owners of the housing units in the community of porto assiut.     the results of the study showed that the first reason that prompted investors towards building fenced communities in new egyptian cities is to achieving for rapid wealth.  Also emphasized that they do not prefer housing in a fenced community due to the Reduced their financial capabilities, and They believe that its residents are characterized by the super rich and the prestigious status .   as for the study cases, most of their responses emphasized that the first reason behind their possesses of housing units in a fenced community is the desire to live in luxury, and emphasized that the residents of public communities are less in economical level and social statusthan residents of fenced communities. also emphasized most of the study sample responses  that fenced communities perpetuate the spatial and social separation between residents of egyptian society and that social justice is achieved when the state provides every citizen with his human needs, and that fenced communities contribute to an effective role in achieving security and privacy for its residents. while most of the study cases responses stated that the weak social cohesion is due to the weak ​​of solidarity values among citizens, and that justice is achieved by the state’s interest in raising the living standard of  the poor, and that living in closed societies achieves a sense of privacy but it does not achieve an absolute sense of security because it is far from the security services in public communities.


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مجلة البحث العلمي في الآداب
Volume 21, Issue 4 - Serial Number 4
Social Sciences and Humanities
April 2020
Pages 434-486

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