Comparative Analysis of Preferences to Live in Gated Communities: A Case Study of Bandung Metropolitan Area

Abstrak ini diambil dari makalah yang  dipublikasikan pada AMER International Conference on Quality of Life pada tanggal 6 April 2013 di Holiday Villa Spa & Resort, Langkawi, Malaysia yang disusun oleh Alia Widyarini Hapsariniaty.

Gated communities are term given to gated residential developments with limited access, known as residential cluster or cul-de-sac in Indonesia. It has become a global phenomenon occurring in many countries around the world. The rise of gated communities usually associated with security and safety issues and low environment quality in urban areas, such as congestion and noise.

Nowadays, most of the new housing developments in Bandung metropolitan area are gated communities. These gated communities usually built on a relatively small plot of land with the size of the development smaller than 2 hectares, with a small number of housing units. Middle class that are growing in Indonesia is encouraging the development of these housing clusters. The size of the dwelling and the facilities provided are also particularly limited and tends to support the form of a small nuclear family.