Gated Communities in Segregated Environments of the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area and its Spatial Experiences

Globalization in Latin American contexts has made gated communities one of the businesses linked to urbanization that has the highest degree of profitability, by positioning a network of private fortified residences based on their adaptability in historical and socio-cultural contexts in which They are located. The progress in the studies of these environments, however, limits them to conceiving them as entities that keep in their interior individuals in a state of cloisteredness, outside the public world. With the intention of evidencing the existence, its particularity as a new agent of the city and the degree of participation, this text exposes the daily spatial behaviors of the population of one of these real estate developments located in the marginal area of the Metropolitan Area of Guadalajara, the Jardines de San Rafael subdivision, by focusing on exploring the multi-scale relationships that influence their formation.