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…

The topic of one of the last lectures at my university was the work of William Whyte. While working with the New York City Planning Commission he started the Street Life project-a pioneering study of pedestrian behavior and city dynamics, which was the first to consciously observe gender differences and similarities in how men and Read the full article…