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ArgumentCities all over the world are witnessing the spread of residential developments of private neighborhoods in a variety of forms: Gated Communities, common interest developments, private subdivisions, lifestyle communities, etc. These types of neighborhoods had once been the home of the rich and wealthy, but have recently encountered a large base of customers from within the general public.There is a common trend towards enclosed and private subdivisions in most of the cities whose societies are experiencing a rapid economic, spatial and social transformation.&#160;Scholars from different disciplines have explored the complexity of this multifaceted object of research drawing on a wide range of explanatory, descriptive and theoretical frameworks. The risk and challenges with regards to the privatisation of public spaces and local government functions, the commodification of security and the infringements of democratic principles have been explored as well as the spill over effects of gated developments and their impact on segregation patterns.In line with the Conference main topic, the workshop welcomes papers that address the issue of the integration of private and enclosed residential neighborhoods into their broader urban and social environment. Various forms of integration ranging from functional to social integration may be explored in different geographical contexts. The workshop also welcomes papers that deal with other key issues such as the social and spatial characteristics of private residential developments, land and housing patterns, lifestyles (among others). Discussion of research from different social and spatial contexts will create a valuable framework and a comparative view in the workshop. The comparative perspective enables a broad and more insightful understanding of the relationship between gated communities and their social contexts and social development. We invite research papers as well as speculative papers to be presented and debated at the workshop.&#160;Submission guidelinesPlease submit your abstract in English to the Worshop 23 (W23): &#8220;Common Interest Developments and Gated Communities&#160;: &#8216;Integrating the Urban Residential Environment to Cities"until the 15th of April 2013on the ENHR website:&#160;http://www.enhr2013.com/conference/programme/Papers will be written and presented in English.Coordination CommitteePeter Boelhouwer (Chairman)OTB Research Institute for the Built Environment, The NetherlandsIv&#225;n Tosics (Vice-Chairman)Metropolitan Research Institute, HungaryMontserrat Pareja (Vice-Chairman)University of Barcelona, SpainMark Stephens (Treasurer)Heriot-Watt University, UKGunvor ChristensenKrak&#8217;s Foundation, DenmarkJ&#252;rgen FriedrichsUniversity of Cologne, GermanyTerry HartigUppsala University, SwedenStefan KofnerHochschule Zittau/G&#246;rlitz, GermanyThomas Knorr-SiedowBrandenburg Technical University, GermanyDavid MullinsUniversity of Birmingham, UKLena Magnusson TurnerNorwegian Social Research, NorwayViggo NordvikNorwegian Social Research, NorwayRichard SendiUrban Planning Institute, Slovenia(Contact person CC New Housing Researchers Colloquium)Christiane ThouzellierUniversity of Toulouse, FranceRichard TurkingtonDe Montfort University, UKAd hoc membersSergio Nasarre Aznar (Organizer 2013 ENHR Conference) Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain