Engendering Cities examines the contemporary research, policy, and
practice of designing for gender in urban spaces. Gender matters in
city design, yet despite legislative mandates across the globe to
provide equal access to services for men and women alike, these
issues are still often overlooked or inadequately addressed. This
book looks at critical aspects of contemporary cities regarding
gender, including topics such as transport, housing, public health,
education, caring, infrastructure, as well as issues which are
rarely addressed in planning, design, and policy, such as the
importance of toilets for education and clothes washers for
freeing-up time. In the first section, a number of chapters in the
book assess past, current, and projected conditions in cities
vis-a-vis gender issues and needs. In the second section, the book
assesses existing policy, planning, and design efforts to improve
women's and men's concerns in urban living. Finally, the book
proposes changes to existing policies and practices in urban
planning and design, including its thinking (theory) and norms
(ethics). The book applies the current scholarship on theory and
practice related to gender in a planning context, elaborating on
some critical community-focused reflections on gender and design.
It will be key reading for scholars and students of planning,
architecture, design, gender studies, sociology, anthropology,
geography, and political science. It will also be of interest to
practitioners and policy makers, providing discussion of emerging
topics in the field.
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