Differences between Cohousing and Gated Communities. A Literature Review

Ruiu, Maria Laura

doi:10.1111/soin.12031

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“…It was first developed to achieve social interaction and community cohesion in Denmark and the Netherlands (Williams, 2005). Subsequently, co-housing design was found mainly in Sweden, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and North America (Ruiu, 2014). It is not only home to 50,000 people (1% of the population) in Denmark, but it has become established across Northern Europe and a typical housing model which benefits different age groups.…”

Section: What Is Co-housing?mentioning

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The Role of Co-housing in Building Sustainable Communities: Case studies from the UK

Wang

Hadjri

2017

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This paper explored the role of co-housing model in the UK and discussed the benefits and limitations of co-housing model by exploring co-housing residents" motivation and daily living. Through case studies in the UK, semi-structured interviews were carried out to establish the environmental and social sustainability in co-housing and understand residents thinking and behaviour. This study found that co-housing can benefit various age groups, and promote residents" thinking and behaviour change towards sustainable living. The study also found that the financial limitation and new members recruitment are the top two difficulties in co-housing development. The findings of this research will establish a better understanding of UK co-housing and highlight the potentials and possibilities of co-housing communities.Keywords: sustainable communities; co-housing; environmental sustainability; social sustainability eISSN: 2398eISSN: -4287© 2017 IntroductionNowadays a growing number of people pay more attention to the quality of living environment and social life. As a result, a wide range of stakeholders such as architects, engineers, housing officers, community development officers and neighbourhood managers play a part in creating safe, green and friendly living environments to respond this common needs. In 2003, the concept of a "sustainable community" was proposed by the UK government. A sustainable community is defined as an economically, environmentally, socially positive, mutually beneficial and resilient community. This concept will encourage the government to build communities that will stand the test of time and in which people "want to live and work, now and in the future" by promoting various housing provision models, such as co-housing. Co-housing is a creative way to achieve the sustainable community concept and to contribute to affordable living. It is a new collaborative housing model in the UK, and it is designed to foster meaningful relationships, social interaction and sustainable living, therefore, leading to the building of a sustainable community. Co-housing has the potential to deliver a supportive housing environment that leads to a low carbon lifestyle and sustainable living. Also, co-housing can be an alternative way to approach housing that could address larger issues of social, economic and environmental sustainability, while providing a better environment for the residents and a wider community.This paper aims to explore the role of co-housing model in the UK and will discuss the benefits and limitations of co-housing model by exploring co-housing residents" motivation and daily living. Examining whether co-housing model can be used as an evaluation tool to guide thinking and behaviour change and foster sustainable community building. Through case studies in the UK, residents interview will be used in this study to establish the environmental and social sustainability in co-housing and understand residents thinking and behaviour. The findings of this research will establish a better...

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Section: What Is Co-housing?mentioning

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The Role of Co-housing in Building Sustainable Communities: Case studies from the UK

Wang

Hadjri

2017

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“…Este modelo se ha difundido gracias a los primeros trabajos de McCamant y Durrett (1989), los cuales han sido ampliamente desarrollados en bibliografía especializada (Bamford, 2001;Stewart, 2002;George, 2006;Riu, 2014o Sanguinetti, 2014. El cohousing se define como una comunidad autogestionada que entiende el hecho de habitar como una actividad colectiva y cooperativa, y con autonomía económica de los ciudadanos que la integran.…”

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Hacia un nuevo modelo de gestión y autofinanciación de la regeneración de barriadas obsoletas

2017

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El artículo aborda el problema de la financiación en la regeneración integral de barriadas. Tras el análisis de fórmulas ya ensayadas de gestión y financiación, se propone las directrices para un nuevo modelo basado en el cooperativismo. El potencial económico de una actuación colectiva activa y unitaria, precisa un modelo de economía social basado en la prestación de servicios como base de la habitabilidad y el mantenimiento como objetivo para reducir los ciclos de obsolescencia. Esto articula un mecanismo a largo plazo que trascienda la rehabilitación y garantice la adaptación progresiva a los nuevos estándares de habitabilidad.

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“…Ruiu has identified the differences between gated communities and co-housing from a sociological point of view. Co-housing projects tend to be open or even actively engage in neighbourhood interaction (Fromm 2000;Ruiu 2014). Seeing the difference in impact on the urban environment, defining planning criteria would be highly relevant.…”

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Understanding co-housing from a planning perspective: why and how?

Tummers

2015

Urban Research & Practice

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The re-emergence of Co-housing matches with the current rise of 'DIY', 'Rurbanizing' and 'New Commons' trends in Western European countries. Publications and websites of co-housing networks show that the ambitions of the initiatives are very similar internationally, and there is a strong information flow between projects and crossing borders. There are often high expectations, both by inhabitants and urban policy makers about the resilience and impact of self-organized housing communities. At the same time, driving forces behind the trend are different for each country: from demographic change to land scarcity, promotion of private property, and failing housing distribution. Moreover, planning contexts vary considerably, both geographically and over time. This article searches for an interpretation of the co-housing trend through the lens of spatial planning. This article is based on collaborative research in France, Netherlands and Germany, including field experience in several other EU countries. This article argues that co-housing can only be fully understood when taking into account planning context. The relevance of self-organized housing for urban development and spatial planning lies primarily in the lessons it learns on 'participative urbanism'; both in design and management of high quality urban environment.

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Differences between Cohousing and Gated Communities. A Literature Review

Cited by 62 publications

References 51 publications

The Role of Co-housing in Building Sustainable Communities: Case studies from the UK

The Role of Co-housing in Building Sustainable Communities: Case studies from the UK

Hacia un nuevo modelo de gestión y autofinanciación de la regeneración de barriadas obsoletas

Understanding co-housing from a planning perspective: why and how?

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