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- Title
SAFE CITIES AND GENDER BUDGETING.
- Authors
Patel, Vibhuti
- Abstract
In market driven economy, the construction lobby, land mafia, contractors and the corporate houses have taken centre-stage in the urbanization proce s and recent discourse on SMART CITY. The studies on urban development have revealed that physical development divides cities socially and spatially. The focus of the urban planners in terms of SMART CITY remains on attracting business and creating infrastructure to facilitate business activities such as starred hotels, conference centres, multiplexes, theaters, car parking, flyovers, etc. Pedestrians don't get footpath as they are sacrificed for road widening for smooth flow of vehicles. Hawkers, street vendors are thrown out of the streets and lonely roads with continuous flow of vehicles make the streets fertile ground for anti social elements and predators. As the city-line gets dotted with these beautiful structures, the poor residents or those living in slums continue to struggle to get even minimum facilities of sanitation, drainage or potable water. As the central locations are highjacked by the rich, the others are doomed to live homeless, without a roof over their heads perhaps forever as they fall victim to the false promises of affordable housing in near future. Urbanisation often goes hand in hand with a rise in urban violence and crime that manifests in terms of street harassment of women and girls, stalking, sexual violence, blackmailing and extortion rackets. Children and women are seen as soft spots who can be victimized by predators. It is very important for the urban planner to focus on safety issues from gender lens and ensure gender responsive budgeting to make our cities gender friendly.
- Subjects
SMART cities; URBAN planning; URBANIZATION
- Publication
Research Horizons, 2017, Vol 7, p22
- ISSN
2229-385X
- Publication type
Article