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What would cities look like if they were designed by women, for women?

This raises the question, what would cities look like if they were designed by women, for women? Janet Sanz, Barcelona’s deputy mayor for urbanism, is leading one of the city’s most ambitious plans to allow pedestrians to reclaim the city through “super blocks” or superilles. A super block is formed by conjoining nine city blocks and […]

How can the needs of women be amplified and brought into the design and implementation of public spaces?

This requires inclusive and long-term perspectives that respond to the question: how can the needs of women be amplified and brought into the design and implementation of public spaces?A tool for that is feminist urbanism, understood as a strategic framework for bringing women into the process of urban planning while empowering them – and it’s rapidly growing […]

Role of power and authority in what counts as valid knowledge, drawing on the example of climate change

The role of power and authority in what counts as valid knowledge, drawing on the example of climate change – similar title but it needs a key word like assess evaluate Plan ideas: -Introduction Spatial Science and the city before (Burgess model) Feminism and what that gave to geographical knowledge Radical Geographies, race, sexuality, Marxist […]

Assess feminist critiques in the creation of knowledge drawling on the example of cities

Assess feminist critiques in the creation of knowledge drawling on the example of cities -urban landscapes. The role of power and authority drawing on the case of urbanism. Feminism added a lot to geographical knowledge Feminist urbanism is a critique of spatial science Spatial science had a racist agenda, excluded people from areas, didn’t consider […]

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