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The importance of social infrastructure in supporting physical infrastructure and enabling the development of sustainable cities (2022)
Book Chapter

Policy initiatives to tackle the effects of rapid urbanisation, to promote sustainable and healthy cities and to encourage economic development are often characterised by a belief in technological solutions. There is typically emphasis upon physical... Read More about The importance of social infrastructure in supporting physical infrastructure and enabling the development of sustainable cities.

Taking women's different bodily functions into account, including menstruation, in sanitation provision (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Whilst over two billion people lack adequate toilet provision, water supply, and sanitation, women are particularly badly affected. Women have fewer facilities to start with, but more toileting needs caused by biological differences including menstru... Read More about Taking women's different bodily functions into account, including menstruation, in sanitation provision.

Planning for diversity and sustainable spatial planning religion space gender and ethnicity (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The urban planning policy agenda is strongly influenced by sustainability objectives with particular emphasis upon environmental issues. But, the original definition was much broader and included economic well-being and social equality as well as en... Read More about Planning for diversity and sustainable spatial planning religion space gender and ethnicity.

Pentecostals and planners (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Before considering the value of community space, we need to ask ‘what is community?’ According to a range of sociological sources (Greed and Johnson, 2015: pp 271-3 and chapter 14), a community may be defined either as a group of people that have som... Read More about Pentecostals and planners.

Taking women's bodily functions into account in urban planning and policy: Public toilets and menstruation (2016)
Journal Article

In this paper, it is argued that public toilets policy is a town planning issue, crucial to creating sustainable, efficient, accessible and equitable cities. Ways of integrating toilet provision into city-wide strategic planning policy and local urba... Read More about Taking women's bodily functions into account in urban planning and policy: Public toilets and menstruation.

Women and toilets (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Many women are concerned about the lack of public toilets, and the poor design and lack of facilities in those that do exist. With reference mainly to the United Kingdom, but with global parallels, this paper considers the role of toilet provision in... Read More about Women and toilets.

Religion and Sustainable Urban Planning: ‘If you can't count it, or won't count it, it doesn't count’ (2016)
Journal Article

Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment Sustainability objectives are central to modern urban planning. Originally, sustainability had three components, environmental sustainability, economic well-being and social equality: plan... Read More about Religion and Sustainable Urban Planning: ‘If you can't count it, or won't count it, it doesn't count’.

Toilet Talk (2011)
Digital Artefact

Contribution to the video on women's toilet needs, commissioned by the Women's Design Service and produced by Marie Lenclos.

Going public (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Institutional and conceptual barriers to the adoption of gender mainstreaming within spatial planning departments in England (2006)
Journal Article

Local authority planning departments within the United Kingdom are required to undertake gender mainstreaming as a result of European Union and domestic government requirements. However, research undertaken for the Royal Town Planning Institute demon... Read More about Institutional and conceptual barriers to the adoption of gender mainstreaming within spatial planning departments in England.

Mainstreaming equality into strategic spatial policy making: Are town planners losing sight of gender? (2005)
Journal Article

Spatial planning authorities have a pivotal role in shaping the built environment, through the production of development plans and the operation of the development control system. Previous research shows that the needs of women have not been given as... Read More about Mainstreaming equality into strategic spatial policy making: Are town planners losing sight of gender?.

Overcoming the factors inhibiting the mainstreaming of gender into spatial planning policy in the United Kingdom (2005)
Journal Article

This paper investigates why gender is not being effectively mainstreamed into the work of local planning authorities in the UK. It discusses means whereby this reluctance might be overcome. Research undertaken for the Royal Town Planning Institute is... Read More about Overcoming the factors inhibiting the mainstreaming of gender into spatial planning policy in the United Kingdom.

Planning for women and other disenabled groups, with reference to the provision of public toilets in Britain (1996)
Journal Article

In this paper the reasons why it is proving so difficult to implement enabling policies to make urban space more accessible for women and other disenabled groups, with particular reference to the provision of public toilets in Britain, are investigat... Read More about Planning for women and other disenabled groups, with reference to the provision of public toilets in Britain.