Integrating Gender Responsive Environmental Planning and Management
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Integrating Gender Responsive Environmental Planning and Management. |
Type of Document : |
Source book. |
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Date Published : |
2001 |
Description : |
The Source Book is intended to be a useful foundation document for people involved in planning and managing urban areas - urban managers, stakeholder groups, development managers, other involved professionals and practitioners. It is also a valuable training and information tool, to give people a basic grounding in the key ideas and practices of gender responsiveness Part One of this Source Book begins with a careful explanation of the context, concept, and process of gender responsive environmental planning and management (EPM) - definitions, issues, analytical approaches, etc. The second chapter reviews and discusses the task of "mainstreaming" gender into a participatory urban process, including in all the various steps and stages. The third chapter looks at the lessons of experience, the challenges of gender issues at city level, and explores how gender responsive EPM can be locally adapted, applied and used. Part Two of the Source Book gives summary descriptions of 19 different case studies in gender responsive urban planning and management, while Part Three includes a variety of useful references and supporting documents. |
Language : |
English. |
Format : |
PDF file. |
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