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By Patricia Nolan “While we think and plan, we shouldn’t let thinking and planning get in the way of or substitute for doing.” When I decided to be a planner, a colleague and mentor of mine shared this thought with me after I expressed dismay at the way planners allow a lack of political will […]
by Tom Angotti [half] In the last couple of issues, we asked PN members to give us their views on what Planners Network and progressive planners should be doing. We got a variety of answers, which are printed in this issue of PN. Patricia Nolan urges us to take on a PN action project. Dick […]
By Dick Platkin One of the most vexing problems facing progressive planners in the United States is the enduring poverty of America’s inner cities, made worse in recent years by the loss of jobs through technological change, downsizing, and capital flight. According to the renowned urban sociologist, William J. Wilson, job loss has exacerbated such […]
Columns and Opinion The Seventh Generation: Special Issue on Feminism, Gender, and Planning by Ann Forsyth Do Equity Planners Care About Health Care ? by Patricia Nolan Feature Women Plan Toronto: Incorporating Gender Issues in Urban Planning by Barbara Loevinger Rahder Lifting Women’s Voices: The Roofless Women’s Action Research Mobilization and Participatory Action Research by Marie […]
by Wanda I. Mills Community building and development efforts need to take into account differences among groups within communities. I propose a model that looks at how class, race, ethnicity, nationality, colonial status, sexuality and gender produce diverse relationships among women and men. This model examines gender differences by using storytelling, life and group histories, […]
by Claudia B. Isaac For some time, I have been thinking about the crossovers in my own practice and scholarship, where the distinct practices of “Gender and Development” and “Community Development” intersect. “Gender and Development” joins gender and economic development issues, and “Community Development” deals with place-based issues. Though the links between the two fields […]
by Stacy Harwood Over a year ago, I began “surfing the Web” for anything related to the intersection of women, gender or feminist theory and urban planning, loosely defined. Although a frustrating and time consuming process, I managed to uncover a few gems. In general, the materials available fall into four categories: electronic discussion groups; […]
by Amy Lind Many planners and development practitioners have recognized women’s work as an important source for community development and mobilization. A common message is, if a development project is to be successful, women must be involved. Yet it is often assumed that women’s community-based participation is a “natural” extension of their roles in individual […]
by Marie Kennedy How can progressive planners work more effectively with low-income women to address urgent issues they face, such as the increasing risk and conditions of homelessness? What alternative models of needs analysis and policy planning lend themselves to increasing the power of those most affected? The experiences of the Roofless Women’s Action Research […]
by Barbara Loevinger Rahder Grassroots women can organize to change the way cities are planned and developed. Women Plan Toronto (WPT) is an example of how they can do it. WPT is a grassroots women’s organization that uses participatory methods to involve diverse women in changing urban planning processes and outcomes in Toronto. Its purpose is […]
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