Historical study on the development of gated communities and its correlation with the barangay in the Philippines formed with European and American influences: Focused accounts of these community concepts from 16th century early settlements to 20th century postwar development

Abstract

Abstract This paper presents an introduction to gated communities in the Philippines and its correlation with another community concept: the barangay. In particular, we examine the historical context of the concept, with an overview of the physical, economic, political, and cultural characteristics of the Republic, to further understand the existing urban landscape. This paper begins with the definitions of the term “gated community,” and then presents notions of its origins, offering an explanation of the foundations on which the system was instituted in the country. This paper focuses on an aspect of architecture and cities that is foreign to some parts of the world but well‐established in others. Each nation in the world has its own deep history, with many societies having parallel beginnings. Existing in different continents and separated by vast seas, and then living through analogous occurrences and reaching identical philosophies, much can be deduced and discovered to assist in the progress of our own cultures.

Keywords

• barangay
• gated community
• Philippines
• privatized neighborhoods
• urban planning