Engendering Cities
Designing Sustainable Urban Spaces for All
Michael Neuman editor Inés Sánchez de Madariaga editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Inc
Published:12th May '20
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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-à-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.
"Engendering Cities is a brilliant and comprehensive account of how to make cities for all by ensuring that women are included in every aspect of their planning and development. It will be an enduring reference for all engaged in this work." —Eugenie L. Birch FAICP, Professor of Urban Research, University of Pennsylvania
"In the era of #MeToo, public attention is now firmly focused on the important issue of gender difference and gender justice. This serious and well-researched collection makes a substantial addition to an expanding literature on gender and urban planning. The section on transport and movement is particularly welcome. The collection demonstrates how an understanding of gender should be core to the theory and practice of planning." —Marion Roberts FHEA, Professor of Urban Design, University of Westminster
"Engendering Cities is a brilliant and comprehensive account of how to make cities for all by ensuring that women are included in every aspect of their planning and development. It will be an enduring reference for all engaged in this work."
Eugenie L. Birch FAICP, Professor of Urban Research, University of Pennsylvania
"In the era of #MeToo, public attention is now firmly focused on the important issue of gender difference and gender justice. This serious and well-researched collection makes a substantial addition to an expanding literature on gender and urban planning. The section on transport and movement is particularly welcome. The collection demonstrates how an understanding of gender should be core to the theory and practice of planning."
Marion Roberts FHEA, Professor of Urban Design, University of Westminster
"Engendering Cities: Designing Sustainable Urban Spaces for All, focus[es] on the role of gender in the design of urban spaces including transportation, housing, public health, education, and infrastructure. The book provides useful insights for those in academia as well as practitioners in the public and private sectors.”
William Grady Holt, Birmingham-Southern College, for the Journal of Urban Affairs
ISBN: 9780815391746
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 620g
318 pages