Women-friendly Oriented Community Planning Study: A Case Study of Guangzhou
ZHOU Dailin, HUO Ziwen, ZHUANG Zehong, WANG Guanxian
Abstract：
Nowadays, creating a women-friendly social environment has become a problem that must be faced and solved in urban planning area. The most recent studies focus on the master planning and special planning level. However, at the community planning level, women-friendly concepts have not really entered the planning and design horizons. Women’s space security, individual feelings, and value respect are often ignored during planning process. So there is a need to further strengthen exploration and innovation in women-friendly community planning methods and interventions. As a typical megacity, Guangzhou has a good foundation for community planning, and women are generally involved in all aspects of urban life. Also, Guangzhou is among one of those megacities which initially introduced the women-friendly concept. Based on the practical cases of Guangzhou community planning under the guidance of women, this paper explores women-friendly planning strategies at the community level from the dimensions of space guarantee, individual feelings, value respect, etc., with a view to contributing a “Guangzhou sample” to promote the study of women-friendly perspective in urban planning area.