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Annexes :
Bibliogr. en fin de chapitres. Index

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.
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List of abbreviations
Notes on contributors
Foreword
Introduction : concepts, themesáand issues in a gendered approach to planning / by Marion Roberts
Mainstreaming gender-sensitive concepts
Gender, sustainability and the urban environment / by Susan Buckingham
Mobility of care : introducing new concepts in urban transport / by Inés Sánchez de Madariaga
Gender, fear and the night-time city / by Marion Roberts
Time policies and city time plans for women's everyday life : the Italian experience / by Teresa Boccia
The model of the European city in the light of gender planning and sustainable development / by Barbara Zibell
Structural framework for gender-sensitive urban planning
Urban governance and gender-aware planning / by Brigitte Wotha
Gendered perspectives on spatial planning and housing in the Netherlands / by Lidewij Tummers
European regional development programmes for cities and regions : driving forces for gender planning? / by Heidrun Wankiewicz
Opening the gates : a case study of decision-making and recognition in architecture / by Inés Sánchez de Madariaga
Learning from urban planning experiences
Gender mainstreaming as a strategy for sustainable urban planning / by Doris Damyanovic
Vienna : in progress towards a fair shared city / by and Elisabeth Irschik and Eva Kail
Gendered sensitive e-planning for sustaining everyday life / by Liisa Horelli and Sirku Wallin
Women's design service as counter-expertise / by Eeva Berglund with Barbra Wallace
A history, concepts and practice of time policy and time planning : the Bergamo case / by Marina Zambianchi and Francesca Gelmini
Learning from architectural-design project experiences
Planning urban complexity at the scale of everyday life : Móstoles sur, a new quarter in metropolitan Madrid / by Javier Ruizá
Choreography of life. two social housing pilot projects in Vienna, / by Franziska Ullmann
Looking forward, moving beyond trade-offs / by Inés Sánchez de Madariaga