She City
Designing Out Women's Inequity in Cities
Published on 8. February 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
312 pages
978-1-350-15307-3 (ISBN)
Description
Rooted in feminist political thought, She City illuminates how gender shapes our urban spaces and city design. Through three sections: 'Resisting Sexist Cities', 'Designing Feminist Cities', and 'Prioritizing Safer Cities', Kalms examines barriers to women's public participation and focuses on the practical strategies, policies and actions to overcome them.
Addressing significant themes such as violence against women and gender-sensitive design, She City not only provides direction for practitioners but also inspires confidence to pursue new paths towards women-centered urban environments. This book is an essential resource for architects, urban designers, planners and the plethora of built environment specialists committed to building cities that truly meet the diverse needs of women and girls.
Addressing significant themes such as violence against women and gender-sensitive design, She City not only provides direction for practitioners but also inspires confidence to pursue new paths towards women-centered urban environments. This book is an essential resource for architects, urban designers, planners and the plethora of built environment specialists committed to building cities that truly meet the diverse needs of women and girls.
Reviews / Votes
She City is clear, forthright and essential reading. It delves deeply into the many ways in which cities are sexist but also offers up routes-from data to co- design-towards better spaces. * Susannah Walker, co-founder of Make Space for Girls * She City is a powerful study of how urban environments endanger and exclude women and girls. It is also an invaluable source of transformative ideas for creating safer, more equitable cities. This is essential reading for anyone interested in just futures and urban living. * Christoph Lindner, Professor of Urban Studies, University College London, UK * An effective demonstration that a gender-neutral approach to urban design is not enough to combat the sexism and harassment that women still experience in the city of man, rather improved gender mainstreaming along with feminist participatory co-design are vital. * Clara Greed, Emerita Professor of Inclusive Urban Planning, UWE, Bristol, UK *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
31 bw illus
Dimensions
Height: 214 mm
Width: 139 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
556 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-350-15307-3 (9781350153073)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Person
Nicole Kalms is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture at Monash University in Australia, and founding Director of the Monash University XYX Lab - a research laboratory committed to understanding the ways that gender contributes to shaping behaviour in cities.
Content
List of Figures
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Women in Cities: An Introduction
2. Don't Stand So Close to Me: Sexist Street Harassment and Women's 'Safety Work'
3. Fake Happy: Hypersexual Cities and Women's Inequity
4. Missing Women: Smart Women in the Data Gap
5. Girls to the Front: Mainstreaming Women's Needs
6. Not Neutral: Designing Cities for Women
7. Expanding Expertise: Women's Safety Audits
8. Train Wreck: Public Transport and Women's Safety
9. Eyes on the Street: Women and Urban Crime Prevention
10. On the Edge of the Night: Women and the Nighttime Economy
11. Run the World: Co-design in a Feminist Framework
References
Index
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Women in Cities: An Introduction
2. Don't Stand So Close to Me: Sexist Street Harassment and Women's 'Safety Work'
3. Fake Happy: Hypersexual Cities and Women's Inequity
4. Missing Women: Smart Women in the Data Gap
5. Girls to the Front: Mainstreaming Women's Needs
6. Not Neutral: Designing Cities for Women
7. Expanding Expertise: Women's Safety Audits
8. Train Wreck: Public Transport and Women's Safety
9. Eyes on the Street: Women and Urban Crime Prevention
10. On the Edge of the Night: Women and the Nighttime Economy
11. Run the World: Co-design in a Feminist Framework
References
Index