A City Designed For Women is a City Designed For All | Opinion
Cat Woods
, freelance writer
On 4/12/21 at 1:00 PM EDT
Is your city designed for women?
There's every likelihood that unless you work in urban planning, or you're a woman who traverses the streets via foot or bike, this isn't a question you've considered.
Much of the landscape of a city is taken for granted—whether it's the width of footpaths, the height of traffic lights, the presence of CCTV, visible artwork or greenery. Though we'd like to think otherwise, the design of cities is political and it is gendered. The majority of architects and urban planners worldwide are white men.