Early Planning Utopias: A Feminist Critique

Early Planning Utopias: A Feminist Critique

          
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There is little doubt that urban planning has historically failed women. To liberate the profession from patriarchal influences, it is necessary to revisit the preconceptions that shaped early efforts to design new cities or improve existing ones. This book critiques the work of twenty male planning luminaries who proposed urban models, interventions and approaches on both sides of the North Atlantic during the Second Industrial Revolution. These early visions, often presented as emancipatory or utopian, set European and North American cities (as well as their colonial counterparts) on an inexorable masculinist path. The grand urban plans and projects of the late 19th and early 20th centuries were largely bankrolled by wealth extracted from colonial enterprises in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

A reverence for geometry, order and standardisation, alongside a monumental scale, reflected a hegemonic and monolithic vision of the city, with little tolerance for cultural or physical difference. Limitless urban growth and the rapid, effortless movement of people were valorised, and for the first time in history, roads became more important than homes. Many of these same planners, indifferent to cultural and physical differences, readily accepted the continuation of class divisions in cities. Comprehensive plans for both small and large settlements were hierarchical, with the wealthiest or most powerful occupying central positions of power. Functional segregation, later institutionalised as 'zoning', enforced spatial divisions between the public (male) and private (female) spheres. Even as the planning agenda prioritised 'men's issues' related to industry and commerce, domestic ideology was promoted during this period.

The book also highlights the work of several female activists and reformers from the same era. Although these women rarely envisioned full-blown urban utopias or produced extensive writings on planning, they worked to improve built environments for all. Female reformers were more attuned to the lived experiences of city dwellers than male planners, architects and engineers. While men focused on structures and infrastructure, women were concerned with the human condition. Rather than expanding or clearing out the existing urban fabric, women sought to restore it. Practically, women extended their reproductive duties from the home to the entire city, envisioning it as a collective living space where everyone shared responsibility for one another's daily welfare. This book calls for a return to that planning philosophy, at a time when numerous technoutopias are being imagined and built, often backed by major private corporations or individual male billionaires.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781839994524
  • Publisher: Anthem Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Anthem Press
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 160
  • Spine Width: 13 mm
  • Weight: 454 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1839994525
  • Publisher Date: 03 Jun 2025
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: A Feminist Critique
  • Width: 152 mm


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