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Women's Safety and Public Spaces: Lessons from the Sabarmati Riverfront, India
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Abstract The Sustainable Development Goals 5 and 11, as well as the New Urban Agenda, emphasize gender equity and safe, resilient, and inclusive cities. The ‘safe cities’ idea for women includes their equal right to the city and public places within it, which includes their right to be mobile in the city at ... view more
The Sustainable Development Goals 5 and 11, as well as the New Urban Agenda, emphasize gender equity and safe, resilient, and inclusive cities. The ‘safe cities’ idea for women includes their equal right to the city and public places within it, which includes their right to be mobile in the city at any time of the day, as well as their right to loiter in public spaces without any threats of harassment or sexual violence. These issues have gained importance in urban planning and design in contemporary India. This article is an assessment of how safe Ahmedabad city’s largest public space, the Sabarmati Riverfront, is for women. Ahmedabad, a city in western India, has long carried an image of a safe city for women. The Sabarmati Riverfront is over 22 km in length, 11 km on both sides of the river. This assessment is made through mapping of space use disaggregated by sex and age at four different time points throughout the day and of 100 women’s accounts of the experience of harassment on using the space. The article concludes with specific recommendations on proposed activities and space design along the riverfront to make these spaces safe for women throughout the day.... view less
Keywords
India; gender; woman; public space; security; sexual harassment
Classification
Area Development Planning, Regional Research
Women's Studies, Feminist Studies, Gender Studies
Free Keywords
riverfront
Document language
English
Publication Year
2019
Page/Pages
p. 154-168
Journal
Urban Planning, 4 (2019) 2
Issue topic
Public Space in the New Urban Agenda: Research into Implementation
ISSN
2183-7635
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed