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Gender and the City - a comparative analysis of how Malmö and Umeå approaches gender and intersectionality in urban planning

Dahlskog, Tilda LU (2018) SGEK03 20172
Department of Human Geography
Abstract
This thesis is a comparative case study about how the Swedish municipalities Malmö and Umeå address gender aspects in their comprehensive plans. It also discusses how these municipalities approach the situation of women with diverse ethnic backgrounds in their planning strategies. According to previous research, immigrant women often have different experiences of the city than other women. The theoretical framework consists of feminist planning theories, a section on participatory planning as well as an intersectional part followed by critique on traditional feminist theories. Results show that the two municipalities address quite similar aspects in their gender-sensitive planning approaches, however, how they address these issues differ.... (More)
This thesis is a comparative case study about how the Swedish municipalities Malmö and Umeå address gender aspects in their comprehensive plans. It also discusses how these municipalities approach the situation of women with diverse ethnic backgrounds in their planning strategies. According to previous research, immigrant women often have different experiences of the city than other women. The theoretical framework consists of feminist planning theories, a section on participatory planning as well as an intersectional part followed by critique on traditional feminist theories. Results show that the two municipalities address quite similar aspects in their gender-sensitive planning approaches, however, how they address these issues differ. With regards to the intersectional framework, it is argued that the municipalities fail to recognize gender as a differentiated concept and thereby do not highlight the situation of women with various ethnic backgrounds in their comprehensive plans. According to theories and previous research, this is an important aspect to accomplish a truly democratic and gender-equal urban environment. (Less)
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author
Dahlskog, Tilda LU
supervisor
organization
course
SGEK03 20172
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Gender, intersectionality, Malmö, Umeå, comprehensive plan.
language
English
id
8931543
date added to LUP
2018-01-23 13:43:13
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2018-01-23 13:43:13
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  abstract     = {{This thesis is a comparative case study about how the Swedish municipalities Malmö and Umeå address gender aspects in their comprehensive plans. It also discusses how these municipalities approach the situation of women with diverse ethnic backgrounds in their planning strategies. According to previous research, immigrant women often have different experiences of the city than other women. The theoretical framework consists of feminist planning theories, a section on participatory planning as well as an intersectional part followed by critique on traditional feminist theories. Results show that the two municipalities address quite similar aspects in their gender-sensitive planning approaches, however, how they address these issues differ. With regards to the intersectional framework, it is argued that the municipalities fail to recognize gender as a differentiated concept and thereby do not highlight the situation of women with various ethnic backgrounds in their comprehensive plans. According to theories and previous research, this is an important aspect to accomplish a truly democratic and gender-equal urban environment.}},
  author       = {{Dahlskog, Tilda}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Gender and the City - a comparative analysis of how Malmö and Umeå approaches gender and intersectionality in urban planning}},
  year         = {{2018}},
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