Women’s safety: A consideration of the role of planning through the Capability Model
Horwood, Karen and Morphet, Charlotte (2023) Women’s safety: A consideration of the role of planning through the Capability Model. Built Environment, 49 (4). pp. 633-50. ISSN 0263-7960
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Abstract
This paper examines the role of planning in addressing concerns about safety for women. The paper recognises that safety has once again become a matter of public interest in the UK. We examine the ways in which safety has been included within the UK women and planning movement in the past, and the ways it is being articulated today. We argue that a narrow focus on safety is problematic and fails to engage with the breadth of the women and planning movement. We utilise Sen’s (1992) Capability Model to propose ways in which a focus on safety be improved through a more holistic engagement with the Women and Planning movement’s insights. We conclude that doing so will address many of the wicked issues planners seek to respond to.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Sustainable Development Goals: | |
| Keywords: | CAPABILITY MODEL, FEMINISM, WOMEN AND PLANNING, WOMEN'S SAFETY |
| Divisions: | School of the Built Environment > Research |
| Depositing User: | Charlotte Morphet |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Feb 2026 12:05 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Feb 2026 12:05 |
| URI: | https://ube.repository.guildhe.ac.uk/id/eprint/224 |
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