Fair shared cities : the impact of gender planning in Europe

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Fair shared cities : the impact of gender planning in Europe

edited by Inés Sánchez de Madariaga, Marion Roberts

Routledge, 2016, c2013

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"First published 2013 by Ashgate Publishing. First issued in paperback 2016"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Bringing together a diverse team of leading scholars and professionals, this book offers a variety of insights into ongoing gender mainstreaming policies in Europe with a focus on urban/spatial planning. Gender mainstreaming was first legislated for in the European Union with the Treaty of Amsterdam in 1999 and, although many interesting developments have occurred throughout the decade that followed, there is still much to do in terms of policy, knowledge production, dissemination and education. This work contributes to all three objectives, by advancing the state of knowledge, as well as providing educational and professional tools in the field of gender sensitive planning in Europe. The volume begins by explaining the concept of gender mainstreaming in relation to its origins in the 'second wave' of the women's movement and critiques of planning, architecture, transport planning and other built environment disciplines. It then provides a brief history of how gender mainstreaming was incorporated into European law, before focussing on the theoretical issues and questions that surround the concept of gender mainstreaming as they relate to urban space and the planning of cities and regions, including a discussion of the persistence of inequalities between the sexes in their access to urban space and services. In particular, the division between waged and unwaged work and its impact on the social construction of gender and of the physical built environment is considered. The differences between definitions of feminism and their implications for action in planning and design are also explored, paying regard to the tensions between a feminist vision of a transformation of gender relations and the requirements of gender mainstreaming to accommodate the different needs of women and men in their everyday lives in urban space. Throughout the book, key issues recur, such as the importance of time and space in the experience of urbanism, resistances to change on the part of institutions and social structures, and the importance of networks. Education and training also appear as common themes, as do citizen participation and the structures of governance. The chapters are organised into four sections: concepts, structures, empowerment and spatial quality. Contributors demonstrate a variety of approaches to the intersections of gender, women, cities, and planning, dealing with substantive and procedural issues in planning, at both local and regional scales. They stress the links between environmental sustainability and gender-sensitive urban development. The book concludes by putting forward an outlook for future action.

Table of Contents

  • 1: Introduction: Concepts, Themes and Issues in a Gendered Approach to Planning
  • I: Mainstreaming Gender-Sensitive Concepts
  • 2: Gender, Sustainability and the Urban Environment
  • 3: Mobility of Care: Introducing New Concepts in Urban Transport
  • 4: Gender, Fear and the Night-time City
  • 5: Time Policies and City Time Plans for Women's Everyday Life: The Italian Experience
  • 6: The Model of the European City in the Light of Gender Planning and Sustainable Development
  • II: Structural Framework for Gender-Sensitive Urban Planning
  • 7: Urban Governance and Gender-aware Planning
  • 8: Gendered Perspectives on Spatial Planning and Housing in the Netherlands
  • 9: European Regional Development Programmes for Cities and Regions: Driving Forces for Gender Planning?
  • 10: Opening the Gates: A Case Study of Decision-making and Recognition in Architecture
  • III: Learning from Urban Planning Experiences
  • 11: Gender Mainstreaming as a Strategy for Sustainable Urban Planning
  • 12: Vienna: Progress Towards a Fair Shared City
  • 13: Gender-Sensitive E-Planning for Sustaining Everyday Life
  • 14: Women's Design Service as Counter-expertise
  • 15: A History, Concepts and Practice of Time Policies and Time Planning: The Bergamo Case
  • IV: Learning from Architectural-Design Project Experiences
  • 16: Planning Urban Complexity at the Scale of Everyday Life: Mostoles Sur, a New Quarter in Metropolitan Madrid
  • 17: Choreography of Life: Two Pilot Projects of Social Housing in Vienna
  • 18: Looking Forward, Moving Beyond Trade-offs

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