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City and Gender: Intercultural Discourse on Gender, Urbanism and Architecture


City and Gender: Intercultural Discourse on Gender, Urbanism and Architecture

Paperback by Terlinden, Ulla

City and Gender: Intercultural Discourse on Gender, Urbanism and Architecture

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ISBN:
9783810034953
Publication Date:
31 Mar 2003
Language:
German;German
Publisher:
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden
Imprint:
VS Verlag fur Sozialwissenschaften
Pages:
230 pages
Format:
Paperback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 28 - 30 May 2024
City and Gender: Intercultural Discourse on Gender, Urbanism and Architecture

Contents

Visions of the City. Introduction.- Women's Movement and Public Spaces.- From the Local Level to the Global Level and Back Again. How Feminism has Spread.- "Public Man" and "Private Woman": Discourse and Practice in Western Societies.- Public Spaces as a Contribution to Egalitarian Cities.- Symbols and Urban Space.- Symbols of Gender in Architecture and Urban Design.- Gender Reading of the Urban Space.- Social Differences and Urban Development.- Urban Geography and Women in the Periphery's Metropolis: The Example of Istanbul, Turkey.- What's Wrong with a Female Head?.- Sustainability and Planning.- Urban Sustainability, Quality of Life and Gender.- Towards a Sustainable City.- Ways to Sustainable Transport: Gender and Mobility.- Notes on the Contributors.

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