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Book SynopsisGender has affected urban planning and the design of the spaces where we live and work. Urban and suburban spaces support stereotypically male activities and planning methodologies reflect a male-dominated society.This work documents and analyzes the connection between gender and planning.
Table of ContentsIntroduction : the intersection of gender and planning / Susan S. Fainstein and Lisa J. Servon
pt. 1. Public and private space
What happened to gender relations on the way from Chicago to Los Angeles? / Daphne Spain
Fear and lusting in Las Vegas and New York: sex, political economy, and public space / Alexander J. Reichl
What would a nonsexist city be like?: speculations on housing, urban design, and human work / Dolores Hayden
pt. 2. Planning theory
A gender agenda: new directions for planning theory / Leonie Sandercock and Ann Forsyth
Justice and the politics of difference / Iris Marion Young
Women and human development: in defense of universal values / Martha C. Nussbaum
Feminism and planning: theoretical issues / Susan S. Fainstein
pt. 3. Housing
Women's aspirations and the home: episodes in American feminist reform / Gwendolyn Wright
Mirror images: technology, consumption, and the representation of gender in American architecture since World War II / Joan Ockman
pt. 4. Economic development
City spatial structure, women's household work, and national urban policy / Ann R. Markusen
Microenterprise programs and women: entrepreneurship as individual empowerment / Lisa J. Servon
Space, place, and gender / Doreen Massey with Linda McDowell
pt. 5. Transportation
Women's travel issues: the research and policy environment / Sandra Rosenbloom
The northern drive: black women in transit / Sikivu Hutchinson
Gender planning in public transit: institutionalizing feminist policies, changing discourse, and practices / Gerda R. Wekerle
