Change of Plans : Towards a Non-Sexist Sustainable City

__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. CONTENTS 5 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 6 THE CONTRIBUTORS 7 FOREWORD 9 DESIGNING ECO-CITY IN NORTH AMERICA 11 DECONSTRUCTING THE MAN MADE CITY: FEMINIST CRITIQUES OF PLANNING THOUGHT AND ACTION 35 SEEKING SHELTER: FEMINIST HOME TRUTHS 61 AT RISK: THE PERSON BEHIND THE ASSUMPTIONS 81 WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO? PAVE PARKS? 99 SOWING THE SEEDS OF SUSTAINABILITY: PLANNING FOR FOOD SELF-RELIANCE 121 ACCESS OVER EXCESS:TRANSCENDING CAPTIVITY AND TRANSPORTATION DISADVANTAGE 141 PLANNING CHANGE: NOT AN END BUT A BEGINNING 167 REFERENCES 179 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.