The paper focuses on Henri Lefebvre's reflections on the city; it is argued that from these reflections it is possible to derive a particular notion of citizenship that is relevant for urban planning and design (theory and practice). In the first part of the paper, several of Lefebvre's key...

The paper analyses cohousing as a part of the phenomenon of private residential communities. First, we provide an overview of cohousing and we identify its five constitutive characteristics. Second, we propose a comparison between the constitutive features of cohousing and of other kinds of...

Il testo si interroga sul fenomeno dell’associazionismo comunitario a carattere residenziale negli Stati Uniti, di quelle aree residenziali (nel saggio indicate con Residential Private Enclaves) che, nel linguaggio comune, vengono prevalentemente definite con il termine di Gated Communities. E...