A Place for Everyone: Gender Equality and Urban Planning

Looking at gender issues in planning is central to success in economic regeneration and social inclusion. We take the opportunity of the new Gender Equality Duty on public authorities to look at the barriers, examine planning levels, and recommend changes, giving examples of good practice. Land-use planning provides the spatial setting for government policy, shaping the way our towns and cities are designed. However, planning policy tends to ignore the fact that women and men use public space very differently and have different concerns about how it meets their needs. For more detailed guidance, we recommend the Royal Town Planning Institute
Good Practice Note on Gender and Spatial Planning (RTPI, 2007)