sharing & caring cities

Gender+ as driver for
sustainable smart cities

Integrated regional development

Fair
shared
cities

Non-sexist community of practice

Housing innovations

Integrated regional development

The essence in the idea of the “city of proximity” (Dörhofer & Terlinden, 1985, nowadays known as “walkable city”) is offering accessible infrastructure for daily needs. This involves considerable planning challenges, particularly in suburban and rural settings. People move beyond their neighborhoods to commute, care for family and to engage in socio cultural networks. Therefore, we are especially interested in integrating housing and mobility strategies, as well as connecting rural and urban areas.

 

We offer planning instruments and studies that help to provide “room for every(-ones) day” for a diversity of user-groups.

 

See for example Infosheet 1 and 7.

Applied research
A modern bridge, consisting of a subway bridge with an attached curved pedestrian bridge filled with many people, leads over a canal into a dense city on a hillside
Bridge in Istanbul
On a pedestrian bridge over a river, a person in a red coat points to a banner with the inscription "self-evidently accessible, City of Salzburg." In the background, there is an old town area with a church and historic building

Fair shared cities

Departing from an intersectional gender perspective, we aim to design spatial conditions for an equal access to urban resources, and a fair sharing of space and time. Our planning focus lies on a gender just distribution of care work.

 

See for example Infosheet 2 and 6.

 

This implies:

  • user-orientated urban and regional infrastructures of everyday life
  • accessible and climate neutral mobility offers and housing models
  • energy transition and sustainable / low impact housing engineering
Spatial assessment
Resources

Non-sexist community of practice

inclusive planning and governance of spatial development.

See for example infosheet 5 and 9.

 

To create a non-sexist CoP, Corrina follows four key principles::

  1. Conceptual: The systematic interlinking of the two SDG goals of gender equality (SDG 5) and sustainable urban development (SDG 11)
  2. Research design: The consistent integration of gender aspects into all phases of research projects. From data collection to the conclusion and evaluation, defining research gaps
  3. Diversity of actors: To perceive the diversity of residents and users of future smart cities and smart countryside in their everyday lives and life plans. We activate relevant groups as actors and as (co-)developers in planning and research projects
  4. Implementation and project-management: Our ethics in collaboration aim for non-stereotyped assignment of roles and tasks and respectful handling of a wide variety of sources. We use inclusive (at least non-discriminatory) language, communication and opensource media.
Network
Training = Knowledge Transfer
The planning cycle with a gender lens focuses on integrating gender perspectives at every stage of the planning process. It typically begins with a situational analysis to identify gender disparities and continues through to the design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation phases,
The planning cycle with a gender lens focuses on integrating gender perspectives at every stage of the planning process. It typically begins with a situational analysis to identify gender disparities and continues through to the design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation phases

Housing innovations

Self-organised housing projects are forerunners in affordable and low-impact living arrangements. We understand ourselves as middle agents between civil initiative and local and regional public authorities, facilitating the planning process and incorporating projects into policy goals and strategic regional development programs or plans. We are particularly interested in housing models that organize care as a shared responsibility and considering the planets’ resources as commons to be governed in collaboration.
Supportive infrastructure for housing initiatives
Housing Innovations