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Gender and Planning - A Reader (Paperback, New)
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Gender and Planning - A Reader (Paperback, New)
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Increasingly, experts recognize that gender has affected urban
planning and the design of the spaces where we live and work. Too
often, urban and suburban spaces support stereotypically male
activities and planning methodologies reflect a male-dominated
society. To document and analyze the connection between gender and
planning, the editors of this volume have assembled an
interdisciplinary collection of influential essays by leading
scholars. Contributors point to the ubiquitous single-family home,
which prevents women from sharing tasks or pooling services.
Similarly, they argue that public transportation routes are usually
designed for the (male) worker's commute from home to the central
city, and do not help the suburban dweller running errands. In
addition to these practical considerations, many contributors offer
theoretical perspectives on issues such as planning discourse and
the construction of concepts of rationality. While the essays call
for an awareness of gender in matters of planning, they do not
over-simplify the issue by moving toward a single feminist
solution. Contributors realize that not all women gravitate toward
communal opportunities, that many women now share the supposedly
male commute, and that considerations of race and class need to
influence planning as well. Among various recommendations,
contributors urge urban planners to provide opportunities that
facilitate women's needs, such as childcare on the way to work and
jobs that are decentralized so that women can be close to their
children. Bringing together the most important writings of the last
twenty-five years, this book is essential reading for students and
scholars of planning theory as well as anyone concerned with gender
and diversity. Susan S. Fainstein is a professor of urban planning
at Columbia University. Lisa J. Servon is an associate professor in
the Milano Graduate School of Management and Urban Policy at the
New School.
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