Women and the EnvironmentIrwin Altman, Arza Churchman Springer Science & Business Media, 1994 M07 31 - 316 pages This thirteenth volume in the series addresses an increasingly salient worldwide research, design, and policy issue-women and physical environments. We live in an era of worldwide social change. Some nation-states are fracturing or disintegrating, migrations are resulting from political up heavals and economic opportunities, some ethnic and national animosi ties are resurfacing, and global and national economic systems are under stress. Furthermore, the variability of interpersonal and familial forms is increasing, and cultural subgroups-minorities, women, the physically challenged, gays, and lesbians-are vigorously demanding their rights in societies and are becoming significant economic and political forces. Although these social-system changes affect many people, their im pact on women is especially salient. Women are at the center of most forms of family life. Whether in traditional or contemporary cultures, women's roles in child rearing, home management, and community relations have and will continue to be central, regardless of emerging and changing family structures. And, because of necessity and oppor tunity, women are increasingly engaged in paid work in and outside the home (women in most cultures have historically always worked, but often not for pay). Their influence in cultures and societies is also mounting in the social, political, and economic spheres. In technological societies, women are playing higher-level roles, though still in small numbers, in economic and policy domains. This trend is likely to acceler ate in the twenty-first century. |
Contents
Chapter | 1 |
Implementing Social Change | 9 |
Chapter 2 | 17 |
The Salience of Everyday Behavior and Its Contextual | 25 |
Future Research on Policy Issues | 36 |
Girls and Boys and the Physical | 43 |
The Environmental Model of the Child as a Mirror | 50 |
Conclusion | 66 |
A Brief History of Chicago Public Housing | 169 |
A Case Study of the Invisible Struggles for Homeplace | 175 |
Theoretical Implications | 186 |
References | 195 |
Chapter 8 | 201 |
The New Everyday Life Approach in the Finnish Context | 217 |
References | 224 |
Two Worcester Suburban Areas | 234 |
Life in La Chaneja Mexico | 81 |
Sociospatial Discontinuity in the United States | 88 |
Womens Role in Change | 98 |
Cohort Effects and Migratory History | 120 |
References | 129 |
Frameworks of Meaning | 133 |
Directions for Future Research Environmental Design | 157 |
References | 163 |
Future Directions for Research and Policy | 249 |
A Feminist Analysis of Gender and Residential | 255 |
Family Definitions in American Zoning Ordinances | 261 |
HomeBased Work | 270 |
References | 278 |
A Utopian Project | 284 |
Owning Our Utopian Work | 297 |
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Gender Space Architecture: An Interdisciplinary Introduction Jane Rendell,Barbara Penner,Iain Borden No preview available - 2000 |
Housing and the Urban Environment: A Guide to Housing Design, Renewal and ... Barry Goodchild No preview available - 1997 |