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Women and Cities 2: The Sexist City

This course discusses the current state of urban planning and design as it relates to gender equity.

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Course Info

  • Duration 7 video lessons (51 Mins)
  • Published Published
    2022
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    1.
    Introduction
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    How We Got To Now
    Chapter Duration 5 mins
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    Urban Planning Has a Sexism Problem
    Chapter Duration 7 mins
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    The Most Famous Name In Urbanism
    Chapter Duration 11 mins
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    The Women Who Followed Suit
    Chapter Duration 11 mins
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    The State of The Gendered City
    Chapter Duration 11 mins
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    Conclusion
    Chapter Duration 1 min

What You Will Learn

  • Understand the current state of urban planning and design as it relates to gender equity.
  • Understand the status of the urban planning field as a whole as it relates to gender equity in instruction, attendance, job placement and so forth.
  • Learn about notable women from the past and how they impacted cities.
  • Learn about contemporary women in urban design and planning.

Course Description

This course will cover the current state of urban planning and design as it relates to gender equity. Citing examples from recent history and contemporary times, the course examines the statistics and rhetoric critical to an understanding of gender equity in cities for both academic study and professional practice.

AICP CM

This course is approved for .75 AICP CM credit.

AIA CES

This course is 1 LU.

CIP

This course is eligible for self-reported CIP unstructured CPL units.

Meet Your Instructor

Katrina Johnston-Zimmerman

Katrina Johnston-Zimmerman

Katrina is a lecturer, researcher, and advocate for heart-centered cities. Her work focuses on human behavior in public space and the relationship between behavior and design.

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Course Reviews

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Jeffrey Montague

Jeffrey Montague

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hardy huang

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Emily Pierson-Brown

Emily Pierson-Brown

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boalkan

boalkan

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Excellent overview of female leaders who have transformed urbanism as practiced today

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Jeffrey Montague

Jeffrey Montague

Extremely Satisfied
hardy huang

hardy huang

Satisfied
Emily Pierson-Brown

Emily Pierson-Brown

Satisfied
boalkan

boalkan

Extremely Satisfied
Excellent overview of female leaders who have transformed urbanism as practiced today
Liz Axelson AICP CPL

Liz Axelson AICP CPL

Extremely Satisfied
Katrina Johnston-Zimmerman is an urban anthropologist who provides thought-provoking and impressive points about gender, bias, feminism and how these factors influenced many cities’ built environments. It was a joy to hear about Jane Jacobs, Ada Colau and Janet as leaders in safer human-oriented development. She walks us through struggles for women, often caretakers, using transit compared with men driving on direct routes as examples of patriarchal transportation design.
Sam Harris

Sam Harris

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Maya Alarcon

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