What is it about?
The study examined the impact of social inequality on urban insecurity and socio-spatial implication as teritorial behaviours. These behaviours are manifested physically as gates and fences. With the goal of determining the best social mix in housing that has reductive effect on urban insecurity by breaking-down the socio-spatial barriers, the study discovered that near-classes could be mixed.
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Why is it important?
The study is important to achieve social sustainability in human habitations by exploring social mix in housing and reduce victimization.
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This page is a summary of: Residential fencing and house gating: An overview of social inequality and urban insecurity in Ilorin, Nigeria, Cities, March 2016, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2015.11.024.
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