Unit 7: Women and the Built Environment

Causes and Consequences of Urbanization and its Impact on Women Demographic Economic Political and social Environmental Settlement PlanningTraditional and Modern

1. URBANIZATION: Causes, Consequences and Impact on Women

1.1 CITIES HUB OF ACTIVITY 1.2 MEGA-CITIES 1.3 ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS 1.4 POVERTY 1.5 RURAL-URBAN LINKAGE 1.6 URBAN & PERI-URBAN AGRICULTURE 1.7 IMPACT OF BUILT ENV: ON ACTIVE LIVING

2. Demographic Sources of Growth

2.1 NATURAL INCREASE 2.2 IN-MIGRATION 2.3 CIRCULAR MIGRATION 2.4 TRENDS IN MALE/FEMALE MIGRATION 2.5 URBANIZATION PATTERNS

3. Economic Costs of Urban Environmental Degradation

ASPECTS OF DEGRADATION & ECONOMIC COSTS HEALTH LESS PRODUCTIVITY DEGRADATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES SURROUNDING ECO-SYSTEM

4. Political Aspects

POLITICAL LINK & URBAN BIAS FOR POWER & WEALTH URBAN ELITES INTEREST IN CITIES LOCAL COLONIALISM LINKAGES BETWEEN URBAN ELITES & INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL TRIPARTITE LINKAGE OF LOCAL BUSINESS, POLITICAL LEADER & INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL POLITICIZATION OF TRANS-NATIONAL COOPERATIONS

5. Environmental problems & Urbanization

5.1 INCOME LEVELS OF INHABITANTS 5.2 NATURAL FEATURES 5.3 BROWN AGENDA 5.4 WATER AND SANITATION 5.5 WASTE WATER DISPOSAL 5.6 INDOOR AIR POLLUTION 5.7 URBAN AIR POLLUTION 5.8 SOLID & HAZARDOUS WASTES

6. Settlement Planning:

Traditional and Modern

CHANGING CONCEPTS & CITIES URBAN SPACE DESIGN Backdrop/History MODERNIST PLANNING & URBAN DESIGN...>

MODERNIST PLANNING & URBAN DESIGN

CHARACTERISTICS OF MODERN URBAN SPACE DESIGN
- Healthier

CRITIQUE - Participation and

Building

- Healthier Environment - Architectural Design - Accommodating Car - Attitude to the past

involvement of people - Conservation - Architecture - Mixed Users - Urban Form - Cities for People