If you design only for the young, then you exclude the old; but if you design for the old, then you also take the young into account. 1.1 Familiarity Familiar outdoor situations can help older persons overcome memory issues, and this is especially true for older adults who have a hazy sense of spatial direction. Read the full article…

Figure 1. Back View of Women Walking on a Street (Igonkin, no date). Women experience cities differently from men. Despite the fact that women make up half of the population. Urban design often ignores women’s perspectives, which makes women face many issues in urban life, such as safety. How to design cities that work for Read the full article…

“Gender equality is the goal that will help abolish poverty, that will create more equal economies, fairer societies, and happier men, women, and children.” Graça Machel (2015) As a former freedom fighter, prominent educator, and philanthropist, Machel was the only woman in modern times to serve as the first lady of two nations – Mozambique Read the full article…

In public places, women have long been subjected to street harassment. According to a study conducted by the UN Women National Committee UK (2021, pp.6), only 3% of women in the UK claim to have never been subjected to any forms of street harassment in public places. As a result, when commuting in an urban Read the full article…