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Balkanisation / Preliminary overview of the term’s original and contemporary meanings
prepared for Goldsmiths Centre for Architecture Research, London, 2006/03/24

“Balkanisation is a geopolitical term originally used to describe the process of fragmentation or division of a region into smaller regions that are often hostile or non-cooperative with each other. Recently the term has been used in American urban planning to describe the process of how gated communities are created. There are also attempts to use the term Balkanization in a positive way equating Balkanization with the need for sustenance of a group or society. It used to be hostile, but recent usages of the term show the potential of Balkanization vis‐à‐vis democratic processes.”

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