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Change of Plans

Towards a Non-Sexist Sustainable City

by (author) Margrit Eichler

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Initial publish date
Mar 1996
Category
Urban, Women's Studies, Gender Studies
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780920059333
    Publish Date
    Mar 1996
    List Price
    $37.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781442602427
    Publish Date
    Mar 1996
    List Price
    $22.95

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Change of Plans raises questions that are not commonly posed, suggests new avenues for thought in city planning, and contributes to the growing literature on sustainability by merging it with a feminist approach. The book provides a concrete example of a team of academics, planners, and architects that has struggled to combine an environmental with a non-sexist perspective.

About the author

Margrit Eichler is a professor in the Dept. of Sociology and Equite Studies, OISE/UT. June Larkin is a professor at the Institute for Women's Studies and Gender Studies, University of Toronto. Sheila M. Neysmith is professor in the Faculty of Social Work at the University of Toronto.

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Editorial Reviews

For most people, ‘feminism’ does not immediately evoke thoughts of curb cuts and zoning by-laws. Instead, we tend to think of freedom of reproductive choice, equal pay for work of equal value, and the fight against male violence as examples of ‘women’s issues.’ It seems that few of us, committed feminists included, recognize that our struggles for equality take place within a built environment that has been quite literally man made. As a result, the built environment is often seen as a benign backdrop to the human drama rather than a force which shapes our lives in profound ways.