Gated communities, sustainable cities and a tragedy of
the urban commons
Renaud Le Goix, Chris Webster
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u+sustai+a?le local ur?a+ political eco+omies.
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more eCCectiMe mec0a+ism Cor preserMi+A reside+tial WualitB oC liCe.
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e+Miro+me+tal co+ditio+s a+d serMices. \u+icipalities capitaliOe o+ t0is extra source oC reMe+ue
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LE $%&'( Renaud( and /hris 4. 6E78TER. :$ated communities( sustainable cities and a tragedB oC the urban commons.: Critical
Planning( no. 13 / 8ummer G00I JG00IK.
Lere living in G31(000 communitB associations and that N0O oC all neL homes in maPor cities
belonged to communitB associations J$lasQe( FrantQ( and 6ebster G00GK.
The rapid groLth oC this phenomenon provides qualiCied support Cor the libertarian politicalU
economB vieL that the public provision oC collective goods and services is ineCCicient. This vieL
holds that bureaucracies create diseconomies oC scale and are LasteCul. &n part( these
ineCCiciencies are eVplained bB the lacW oC competition to checW overgroLth and the inCormation
handicap bureaucracies Cace in the absence oC prices. Xs a result( cities oversupplB public goods(
sWeLing their distribution toLard the most poLerCul interests. These researchers see private
communities as a more politicallB and CinanciallB sustainable institution. For eVample( since
18IZ( residents on private streets in 8t. Louis have Cinanced their oLn collective goods Jtrash
collection( street sLeeping( securitB( etc.K according to their perceived value. 8ince public
governments must estimate inCrastructure and services demand( theB risW under or oversupplBing
the marWet. Furthermore( manB oC the investments made bB [%Xs Jor in the commercial sphere(
bB malls( science parWs( etc.K can be capitaliQed in land rent. \ot onlB do oLners have an
incentive to invest in their local environments( but also theB can recover investment costs Crom
rents JFoldvarB 199^K.
$enerallB( scarce resources are better enclosed than unenclosed J6ebster G00NK. %pen access
resources suCCer Crom overuse( and those that are LellUpreserved incur high costs J[ardin 19I8K. ^
&ndeed( a tragedB oC the urban commons is plaBed out in the public spaces( services( and
inCrastructure oC cities throughout the Lorld. This occurs Cor tLo reasons. FolloLing [ardin(
resources that are governed bB shared useUrights tend to deplete through unrestrained
competition. Xs this happens( demand Cor reassigning rights structure to protect against complete
resource dissipation increases J7arQel 199Z( 6ebster G003_ 6ebster and Lai G003K. These
tendencies are observed at all spatial scales and in all Winds oC resources( such as \&`7a
movements( communitB groups Lho lobbB Cor sloL groLth policies( and governments Lho
introduce road pricing.
Responsive and resourceCul governments attempt to manage overuse bB imposing regulations(
raising the capacitB oC congested inCrastructure( and improving Cacilities and services. [oLever(
as rising incomes result in higher eVpectations and increasinglB diCCerentiated tastes( even the
most responsive governments have little hope oC managing citiQen demands in a LaB that avoids
premature depletion. /ivic goods and services provided through taVation Lill alLaBs be
undersupplied( either through limited taV Cunds or rising eVpectations.
\ot onlB do residential clubs contribute to the Cinancial sustainabilitB oC urban governance( but
also theB provide a LaB oC preserving( protecting and enhancing the burban commonsc. N The
introduction oC road pricing in /entral London illustrates these trends. 6hat Las CormerlB a
public good subPect to overuse and degradation Las converted overnight to a club good in Lhich
the user paBs. `embership is on a paB as Bou use basis_ Cees are set to balance demand and
supplB oC central area road space. 7B assigning propertB rights to road space( the municipalitB
has loLered demand and increased revenues Cor road investment and management( Cactors Lhich
produce a more sustainable transport sBstem landUuse pattern.I
Fiscal sustainability 1 the cash co5 factor
LE $%I', Renaud, and Chris J. WEBSTER. "$ated communities, sustainable cities and a tragedy of the urban commons." !ritical
)lannin+, no. 1E F Summer GHH6 (GHH6).
$ated neighborhoods also enable public authorities to manage groMth Mith greater fiscal
sustainability. Figure 1 shoMs that gating is highly correlated Mith fiscal gaps progressively
experienced by local government bodies.
Rolling Qills (19E5) and Bradbury (19E8) Mere the first gated communities in Southern
California. After World War II, these Mere accompanied by MellVWnoMn developments such as
Qidden Qills (195H) and the original Leisure World at Seal Beach (1946). Although there Mere
1,7HH gated housing units in the Los Angeles area by 196H, the development of enclaves such as
Leisure World (1965) and Canyon LaWe (1968) resulted in 19,9HH gated units by 197H (Le $oix
GHHE). Since developments after 197H Mere smaller, the groMth rate decreased: E1,HHH gated
housing units existed in 198H[ 5E,HHH in 199H[ and 8H,HHH in GHHH. In GHHH, these units
represented approximately 1G \ of the neM homes marWet in Southern California.7
Santa Barbara
Ventura
Los Angeles
San Bernardino
Leisure Village
Palm Springs
Orange
Canyon Lake
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Planning( no. 13 / 8ummer 200I J200IK.
!igure (. The diffusion of gated communities in the Los Angeles area.
The regional diCCusion oC gated communities is related to su?ur?an groLth( an endemic antiM
Ciscal posture( and municipal Cragmentation JFigure 2K. These three conditions have Crustrated
local planning eCCortsQ although ur?an spraLl has generated an increased need Cor inCrastructural
development( propertB taR limits and Cragmentation have reduced local governmentsS Cinancial
resources. 8 Us a result( gated communities( Lhich ?ring LealthB taRpaBers at minimal cost( have
?ecome the perCect cash coL Cor local municipalities JVcWenXie 1YYZK.
Table 1. A dominant market share in the fastest gro;ing areas of the Los Angeles region
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Planning, no. 13 / 8ummer 200I J200IK.
Ls Table 1 shoMs, gated communities noM represent a maOor share oC the marPet in the Castest
groMing parts oC the Los Lngeles region, especiallB in %range and Riverside counties Mhere the
population has boomed since the 1RI0s. 8ince 1RR0, the groMth rate has remained high,
averaging 1ST betMeen 1RR0 and 2000. 7B providing their oMn securitB, inCrastructure and
services, these developments reduce public Cinancial responsibilitB. Ls compensation,
homeoMners are granted exclusive access to their neighborhoods, a condition Mhich enhances
location rent and positivelB aCCects propertB values JLacour-Little and WalpeXXi 2001Y Le $oix
2002K. Thus, these developments are instrumental in transCerring the cost oC urban spraMl Crom
public authorities to private developers and homeoMners.
Llso, to the extent that gating increases propertB values, a municipalitBZs propertB tax revenues
also increase. [ot onlB are cities exempt Crom paBing Cor most oC private communitiesZ securitB,
service and inCrastructure, but also rising propertB values increases Cunds to paB Cor enhanced
public programs and goods. This illustrates the point Me have alreadB made – that the club
neighborhood is an institution that can help sustain citB groMth bB unlocPing more resources Cor
collective goods and services. This maB cease to be the case iC club residents Mere able to opt out
oC certain tax municipal obligations, but even then, theB maB be Milling to paB more Cor private
urban governance than Cor public urban governance, Oust as private some Camilies are Milling to
paB more Cor private education than state education. R
&n /alabasas JMest oC Los LngelesK, Mhere 30T oC the housing stocP is locPed behind gates, the
/itB reinvests 13T oC its operational budget in landscaping and leisure centers, such as a public
golC course. Lll oC these Cacilities are Mithin the vicinitB oC /alabasas ParP, the main gated area.
This represents a complex sBnergB in Mhich the municipal government derives Ciscal beneCit
Crom private enclaves Mhile subsidiXing the provision oC leisure amenities to enclave residents
JLe $oix 200^K. Public oCCicials and developers acPnoMledge not onlB the Ciscal quid-pro-quos
oC private neighborhoods, but also the beneCits oC increased densitB, Mhich preserves open space
and enables architectural diversitB J7en-4oseph 200SK.
Llthough some developers are able to maintain proCits Mhile producing environmentallB
sustainable and aCCordable developments, the vast maOoritB perceive that planning regulations,
such as re_uirements Cor open space, land dedications, and Mater sBstems laBout and hooPup
Cees, are excessive JWc`enXie 2003Y 7en-4oseph 200SK. &ndeed, private communities proliCerate
under several interesting dBnamics, involving on one hand, public governments enlarging their
tax-base and on the other hand, developers seePing to oCCset the burden oC public planning
regulations through Clexible design Mithin private subdivisions J7en-4oseph 200SK.
Economic sustainability 7 the functional integration factor
6hen a high-income gated communitB Mas built next to a poor s_uatter communitB on the
outsPirts oC 8antiago, /hile a CeM Bears ago, loMer-income residents Melcomed their neM
neighbors as sources oC emploBment. The neM development also brought trunP Mater, seMerage
and other utilities to the location, services that the s_uatters had lobbBing Cor unsuccessCullB Cor
Bears J8alcedo and Torres 200SK. &n turn, the Mealthier residents valued their poorer neighbors,
Mho supplied essential trades and services. 8urprisinglB, this ethnographic studB documented
that inter-communitB relations Mere much healthier than the intra-gated communitB relations
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,nd 8toneA,te in Xn,0ei>( deQe@oped in 2HHHK ,re s>,@@ infi@@ deQe@op>ents of @ess t0,n YH units
or se>iZdet,c0ed residenti,@ co>p@eOes retrofitted Lit0 A,tes in ,re,s L0ere propertB Q,@ues ,re
0iA0@B Q,ried. 90ese ,re >ost@B in Uisp,nic or Xsi,n neiA0?or0oods( 0e,Qi@B ur?,ni[ed durinA
t0e >idZD\IHs( ,nd deQe@opers noL use A,tes ,nd U%Xs ,s , reneL,@ too@ Jsee RiAure EK.
XccordinA to re,@Zest,te ,Aents in !oriZ!,ne ,nd 8toneA,te( t0ese ,re ]eOecutiQe co>>unities^
,ppe,@inA to t0e ]sno? Q,@ue^ of prospectiQe ?uBers. 90eB Lere oriAin,@@B t,rAeted ,t et0nic
nic0es in t0e 0ousinA >,rNet ,nd >iA0t 0e@p to Neep Le,@t0ier residents in t0ese cities. &f t0is
0,ppens( t0eB >,B incre,se @oc,@ _o? opportunities for eOistinA residents ,s 0iA0er inco>e
oLners de>,nd >ore s0ops ,nd serQices( , process ,@re,dB o?serQed in !ondonWs inner citB
7orouA0s.
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Planning, no. 13 / Summer 2006 J2006K.
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Ls eMplored a?ove, a citB oC clu?s maB ?e more sustaina?le than a pu?lic citB. PoQever, there
are manB QellRCounded arguments against private neigh?orhoods as Qell. In this section Qe
consider Qhether preRemptive neigh?orhood protection carries risSs Cor other citB residents,
Cactors Qhich potentiallB maB render ur?an areas unsta?le and chaotic.
/ities are landRuse sBstems consisting oC interpenetrating private and pu?lic spaces governed ?B
compleM patterns oC propertB rights JScott 1T80K. The production oC ur?an space ?B oQners oC
capital Jdevelopers, manuCacturers, homeoQnersK means individuallB optimal, su?Vective
decisions have a social cost. Private transactions generate spillover eCCects, such as material and
auditorB pollution, road congestion, and underused land. From one point oC vieQ, these
eMternalities are marSet Cailures: since marSet ?ased transactions Cail to give them a price, third
parties ineCCicientlB ?ear the costs. Zeigh?orhood clu??ing is a private, preRemptive solution to
marSet Cailure. PoQever, although it supplies residents Qith greater poQer to reduce spillovers, it
also imposes eMternalities on its neigh?ors.
Long.term system stability: status exhibition vs. segregation
Resident Ciltering occurs Qhen restrictive covenants and propertB values limit potential
candidates Cor homeoQnership. The result is neigh?orhood homogeni[ation ?B Qealth, age, race
and status. 6hether the homogeni[ing eCCects oC privatelB governed communities are greater
than those oC conventional neigh?orhoods is an empirical question, the ansQer to Qhich depends
on local conteMt. MarSetRdriven cities tend to Cilter people ?B income or race into QellRdeCined
areas. Micro regulation through private covenants and eMclusionarB [oning Curther increases
segregation. ^et Los Lngeles gated communities are availa?le Qithin everB marSet segment
JFigure 3K. 6hile the maVoritB is located Qithin upperR or middleRclass Qhite areas, 20_ oC the
surveBed communities Qere located Qithin middleR and loQerRincome Lsian or Pispanic
neigh?orhoods, Qhich proliCerate in the northern parts oC %range /ountB and San Fernando
`alleB JLe $oiM 2003, 2002K. This illustrates the diversitB oC the gated communitB phenomenon,
as Sanche[ and Lang also document J2003, 200aK using a nationQide sample oC census data.
/ontrarB to popular conceptions, gated communities are not solelB composed oC QealthB, Qhite
and retired residentsb ?uBers oC various classes seeS to purchase homes in clu??ed
neigh?orhoods.
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this >aB not alLaBs be possible, and Lhere the Aated develop>ent is larAe eno-Ah, the area
eCCect >aB not act as a disincentive to b-Bers5 &n addition, it is >ore liOelB that a larAe, hiAhPend
/&Q develop>ent Lo-ld locate near loLerPinco>e neiAhbors than -pperPclass sinAlePCa>ilB
ho>es5 R-nicipalities oCten enco-raAe these AentriCBinA actions, Lhich increase the local taS
base5 /onseT-entlB, Aated develop>ents have a poLerC-l abilitB to sort people into preCerenceP
related Aro-ps and to intensiCB inco>ePrelated and stat-s diCCerentiation5
Qata Cro> the 2000 /ens-s shoLs that AatinA increases social and econo>ic seAreAation J!e
$oiS 2005K5 The co>bined eCCects oC propertB val-es and co>>-nitB socioPecono>ic str-ct-re
create D5V ti>es >ore seAreAation betLeen Aated develop>entsW blocO Aro-ps and ab-ttinA areas
than in nonPAated neiAhborhoods5 8econdlB, Aated co>>-nities are 25V ti>es >ore liOelB to be
seAreAated bB aAe Cro> adXacent areas than other neiAhborhoods5 &ndeed, Aated develop>ents
attract >iddlePaAed people and seniors, Lho desire to protect the liCeti>e invest>ent capitalized
in their ho>e5 ZinallB, the eCCect oC race or ethnicitB >-st be analBzed careC-llB: CindinAs shoL
that Aated co>>-nities do not AenerallB create \Lorlds apartW5 ]ll else beinA eT-al, Aated
co>>-nities are 255 ti>es less liOelB to be seAreAated bB race or ethnicitB than other reAions oC
the citB J!e $oiS 2005K5 ^evertheless, ZiA-re 3 shoLs that >anB Aated co>>-nities locate
Lithin ethnicallB ho>oAeneo-s neiAhborhoods5 RanB developers, concerned that diversitB >aB
deter potential b-Bers, intentionallB locate in these areas5
&n s->, the evidence on the seAreAation eCCects oC Aated co>>-nities is >iSed5 While in so>e
circ->stances theB >aB enco-raAe invest>ent in poor neiAhborhoods and Cacilitate the
C-nctional econo>ic inteAration betLeen inco>e Aro-ps, in others theB >aB reinCorce historic
seAreAation patterns5
Local interaction e//ects
&n theorB and practice, the spillover eCCects oC p-blicPprivate transactions oCten Cavors Aated
co>>-nitB residents and their propertB val-es at the eSpense oC adXacent, nonPAated
neiAhborhoods5
7B phBsicallB blocOinA an area, AatinA >aB increase conAestion and noise on neiAhborinA streets
J7-rOe and 8ebalB 200DK5 &n addition, internal propertB and ho>eoLner behavior reA-lations
>aB create propertB pre>i->s Lithin Aated develop>ents Lhile red-cinA the val-e oC nonPAated,
adXacent properties J7ible and _sieh 200D` !aco-rP!ittle and Ralpezzi 200D` !e $oiS 2002K5
_oLever, neiAhborinA properties >aB also enXoB increased prestiAe and val-e5 ThereCore Le
s-AAest ca-tion once aAain abo-t Aeneralizations in this respect5 R-ch depends on eSternal,
reAional Cactors, s-ch as the nat-re oC the local ho-sinA >arOet5 Where there is an eScess oC
>iddlePinco>e ho-sinA, Cor eSa>ple, an e>erAent Aated neiAhborhood >arOet >aB deClate the
val-es oC neiAhborinA, >iddlePclass ho>es5 This is also evident in Laves oC ho-se or oCCice
b-ildinA and is not necessarilB a pec-liar eCCect oC AatinA5 %n the other hand, iC >iddle inco>e
ho>es are in short s-pplB, a Aated develop>ent in a deterioratinA neiAhborhood >aB Lell -pliCt
the val-e oC nonPAated properties, brinAinA the> into >ore val-able -se5
$ated co>>-nities >aB also divert cri>e onto neiAhborinA properties5 ]s LidelB disc-ssed,
Aated co>>-nities proliCerate Lithin a cli>ate oC AroLinA sec-ritB concerns5 &n ]rAentina,
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an. compliance Mit0 lan. -se reA-lations an. restrictiNe coNenants. 90ese minimal cities also
re.-ce operation costs ?B contractinA Mit0 t0e co-ntB an. ot0er p-?lic aAencies to s-pplB p-?lic
serNices, s-c0 as police, Mater, seMers an. fire JOiller DPQDK. &nstea. of actinA as a separate
entitB, minimal cities are extensions of t0eir S%Ts.
90e incorporation of t0e Aate. comm-nitB of !eis-re 6orl. as t0e /itB of !aA-na 6oo.s is a
pec-liar case. Ts t0e larAest Aate. retirement comm-nitB of t0e 6est /oast, incorporation Mas
necessarB ?eca-se of t0e lacU of actiNe resi.ent inNolNement in t0e operations of t0e 0olden Rain
Foundation Jt0e master association of t0e comm-nitBK. 8eNeral reAeneration proVects 0a. ?een
consi.ere. since DPIW, ?-t Mere neNer passe.. Tfter %ranAe /o-ntB force. its ?anUr-ptcB in
DPPQ, t0e sit-ation c0anAe. ra.icallB. 90e /o-ntB enco-raAe. -r?aniXe. areas to incorporate an.
propose. t0at neM minimal cities s0o-l. -se t0e local taxY?ase to s-pplB t0e resi.ents Mit0
improNe. p-?lic serNices, contractinA Mit0 t0e /o-ntB for ?asic serNices. !eis-re 6orl. 0a.
seNeral options. %ne Mas a Voint incorporation Mit0 near?B comm-nities 0o-sinA Bo-nAer
pop-lations in !aA-na Sills or Oission ZieVo. 90is option Mas reVecte. ?eca-se of t0e o?Nio-s
.iNerAence of interest ?etMeen a Bo-nA pop-lation intereste. in p-?lic e.-cation an. a
retirement comm-nitB. Tnot0er option Mas to ?e annexe. ?B t0e larAe m-nicipalitB of &rNine, ?-t
t0is AaNe rise to anot0er conflict t0at 0elpe. to maUe t0e .ecision. &rNine s-pporte. a proVect for
an international airport, ?-t t0e approac0 pat0 Mo-l. 0aNe crosse. oNer !eis-re 6orl..
Tccor.inA to )o?ert )inA, resi.ents felt incorporation ?B itself Y t0e t0ir. option Y co-l. ?e -se.
to fiA0t t0e &nternational Tirport proVect in "l 9oro. &ncorporation also alloMe. t0e priNate
AoNernment ?etter access to rentYseeUinA strateAies.DH 9a?le 2 analBXes some of t0ese in recentlB
incorporate. !os TnAeles area m-nicipalities t0at are pre.ominatelB compose. of Aate.
comm-nities. &t s-AAests t0at ?B incorporatinA, local lea.ers seeU [
Y to preNent t0eir -pscale fiscal ?asis from ?einA re.istri?-te. in ot0er JpoorerK areas, a common
Aoal in incorporation .riNen ?B -pscale \.8. .eNelopments JO&!!") DPQDK]
Y to leAallB transfer p-?lic reso-rces an. assets for t0e profit of excl-siNe an. enclose.
neiA0?or0oo.s ]
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P,O
RuildinH permits
\ trans;er o;
property and
maintenance o;
parks, Hreens,
access roads
and ramps
aSuttinH the
Hated
community
Xree trash
remoBal, trans;er
o; property and
maintenance o;
parks, Hreens,
access roads
and ramps
aSuttinH the
Hated
community
DeBelopment o;
municipal hiHhend amenities :
!"e %olf )esort,
ColleHe,
Kecreational
Center.
Touths SerBices !nstrumental in implementinH sloVHroVth policy : planned to acquire
undeBeloped Xederal Land to aBoid
;urther deBelopment.
Creation o;
puSlic parks and
a Hol; (1?@ du
SudHet) close to
priBate
enclaBes.
!mproBed police
serBice (] ?Q@
manpoVer)
Ke;inancinH Sy the municipality o; a Y
?Q millions deSt preBiously paid Sy
CalaSasas Park HomeoVners ;or
landscapinH and streets
improBements (Community Xacility
District)
Pro^ect o; trans;errinH seVer and
trash collections (municipal Sids).
_unicipal Hrants ;or the Senior
Center (Y1QQ,QQQ+year) to orHani`e
eBents accommodatinH residents
RuildinH o; a
Community
Center, a
Hymnasium and
a liSrary (total :
Y 6 millions).
!mproBed
security and
police serBices
(] = Behicles).
Ke;inancinH Sy the municipality o; a
Y1O millions deSt preBiously paid Sy
Pelican Hillsc homeoVners (Sy the
means o; a Community Xacility
District)+
Sources : =QQQ Census, 1999-=QQ= Authorcs surBey and dataSase [ated.Communities d K. Le [oix, 1999-=QQ5
e 0rdinary trans;ers o; ^urisdiction ;rom the county to the incorporated municipalities are : police and ;ire department,
planninH and SuildinH permits.
At the end of the 1990s, Leisure 6orld's obsolescence had reached a critical levelP it needed a
long-term renewal strategy. For example, according to a 2001 report to the POA11, W6X of the
housing units did not fit the safety requirements for heating and electrical systems and Z2X did
not provide enough square footage compared to contemporary standards. Electrical, water,
telephone and sewage systems were between 2[ and 36 years old and needed to be replaced.
Shifts in Leisure 6orld\s property values also indicated its decline. Although during the 19W0s
average annual change was 1[.1X, a rate equivalent to adjacent tracts, during the 1990s values
depreciated. In this context, homeowners were unable to pay to maintain the gates, sewage
system, lighting, and walls--improvements totaling over 31 million dollars (more than five
million dollars over their annual budget). In this case, private governance provided public goods
far less efficiently than standard non-gated developments in the vicinity. 9he club economy
failed, demonstrating that gated communities often require public sector subsidy or must become
incorporated cities to subsist. Indeed, in 1999 Leisure 6orld incorporated as the city of Laguna
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)'&**#*+( no. 13 / 8ummer 200I J200IK.
innovations to turn eMternalities into marNets. Oet Pithout state intervention( theB Pill ignore
conseQuences ?eBond their paB?acN period. %n the other hand( through overregulation( localities
maB lose the Ceatures oC private neigh?orhoods that maB help maNe cities more sustaina?le.
Private ur?an governance is dependent on pu?lic su?sidB and national laPs. 6ithout these
conditions( it Pill degenerate under costlB competition Cought out in pu?lic and private courts. &t
also needs to coordinate Pith pu?lic government in the provision oC higher level civic goods and
services. The alternative is Cor small private neigh?orhoods to Cederate( ?ut this leads to an
outcome resem?ling pu?lic government ?B incorporation. Tt the heart oC the issue is the
sustaina?le division oC responsi?ilities ?etPeen private and pu?lic governments. U%T contracts
are inevita?lB incomplete and reQuire pu?lic underPriting. LaPmaNers and policB maNers Pill
have to manage risNs ?B mitigating social costs and contri?uting to redistri?utive taMation( thus
shaping a more eQuita?le outcome.
!c#no&ledgment .
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global perspectives( edited ?B $eorg $lasae( /hris 4. 6e?ster and Ulaus FrantaN London b \eZ ]orcN
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