What If Women Designed the City?: 33 Leverage Points to Make Your City Work Better for Women and Girls

What if Women Designed the City? offers a unique perspective on urban development through the eyes of women from diverse backgrounds. Author May East identifies 33 leverage points for all those engaged with city design to create greener, wilder, more inclusive, liveable and poetic cities. The book highlights the benefits of involving women in city design, such as prioritising proximity, promoting active travel, connecting green spaces, enhancing safety through community engagement, and fostering a love for nature among residents of all ages.

May East was born in Sã o Paulo, Brazil, and now lives in Edinburgh. She is an international urbanist and regenerative practitioner bringing vitality and viability to eco-communities, mining cities, indigenous villages, informal settlements, transition and ghost towns. She currently works with local and regional government, private sector and intergovernmental agencies providing policy guidance for initiatives aimed at enhancing gender-sensitive urban planning, decreasing carbon emissions, establishing sovereign wealth funds, and developing symbiotic eco-industrial parks.