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Abstract
The extensive development of gated communities has been the most
notable urban phenomenon in Egypt, especially in Greater Cairo’s new
cities. Meanwhile, equity has been a major assessment criterion in the
global urban scene, yet local research lacks any sort of investigation
addressing residents’ perceived justice inside the confines of their gated
communities. This study seeks to explore the extent of perceived justice
experienced by residents of gated communities in Greater Cairo. Gated
communities have been classified into three categories: Lifestyle, prestige,
and security zones. The research is limited to the first two categories, for
the rarity of the third one. The criteria for classification was used in
selecting one lifestyle and one prestige community in each of the four cities
of Cairo in which gated communities are condensed. The research is
exploratory and was conducted using a quantitative data collection method:
a questionnaire. Findings have shown that lifestyle communities’ residents
experience extremely low levels of equity, with a peripheral perception of
distributive justice and a high perception of interactional justice, however
they all perceived procedural injustice. On the other hand, Prestige
community residents experienced high levels of equity, with an intensively
positive perception of the three aspects of justice.