خلاصة:
Higher and middle income residents in Nairobi, Kenya have demonstrated a great craving for
gated community housing. The phenomenon is manifested in all forms of residential property advertisements and in most new residential developments. The objective of this paper is to establish the drivers of the gated community developments in Nairobi County by identifying and documenting the push factors causing migration of a section of urban dwellers from open to gated neighborhoods. The study results are expected to influence urban housing policy decisions towards developing sustainable urban housing typologies. The researcher reviewed existing literature from local and international scholars in order to understand the variables in the phenomenon before
engaging in a field study. This study adopted a cross-sectional survey design so as to allow the researcher to relate many different variables at the same time. The target population of gated communities was restricted to only those classified as lifestyle and prestige types that were found to be complete and occupied at the time of study. Eight gated communities were randomly sampled for the study. The main findings that drive GCs were security, lifestyle and location. Further, residents wanted to be involved in the decision making in management of the GCs. The study
recommends clear development guidelines, flexible building standards and offer quality public services.
ملخص الجهاز:
"Atkinson and Blandy (2005) concur with above position, stating that the revolution of GCs is driven by three main forces first, developers prefer pursuing higher density housing in order to maintain profits, and given the rising costs of land, they can locate more people on less land and provide amenities to buyers by creating common ownership of parks, swimming pools and other facilities.
Hall (2000) and Ozkan and Kozaman (2006) state that, the loss of the social vision in architecture, and the lack of a planning tradition in the city are the major drivers to the proliferation of GCs. Xavier (2008) adds that residents are driven by the need to have: opportunity to participate in management, well-represented resident’s associations and clear developments guidelines.
The data collected using different research tools was on key drivers of GCs were; security, life style, convenience location, house price, design of houses, social amenities, security features, eases of the building processes, social interaction, high privacy levels, sense of equity within community, service charge, local transport models.
Adjacent Communities Likes and Dislikes Aspects of GCs Living The study established that the respondents liked the access controls (94%), shared facilities and utilities (72%), social status (70%), homogenous house designs and community spirit (59%).
The research question the on establishing the major drivers to gated housing in Nairobi County was identified in this study as; security, lifestyle and location respectively."