Daphne Spain takes both school (Chicago & LA) to task for neglecting the role of women in
their respective models. Spain argues that a gender perspective can make a valuable
contribution to this debate (and by extension to all of urban theory). She proposes adding
changing gender relations to the list of reasons behind the transformation of urban space
from the modernist monocentric city to the postmodern polycentric metropolis.
Spain’s gender perspective provides important insights into the way in which women’s entry
into the labor market affects the spatial structure of cities and urban processes.
their respective models. Spain argues that a gender perspective can make a valuable
contribution to this debate (and by extension to all of urban theory). She proposes adding
changing gender relations to the list of reasons behind the transformation of urban space
from the modernist monocentric city to the postmodern polycentric metropolis.
Spain’s gender perspective provides important insights into the way in which women’s entry
into the labor market affects the spatial structure of cities and urban processes.
