Arundhati Hakhu

UR3596

UG180079

This project assesses the role of the built environment and its design in shaping women’s safety and everyday experiences in negotiating Delhi’s urban public spaces. Using a mixed-methods approach, it uses qualitative data collection tools like literature reviews, interviews, mapping and observation to gather and decode experiential data on women’s mobility in everyday spaces within Delhi’s residential neighbourhoods. Using data on women’s lived experiences, this research curates experiential and spatial narratives on women’s safety and daily mobility in Delhi. This research studies women’s safety, access and mobility patterns in residential neighbourhoods to understand their relationships with their immediate, everyday contexts.

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Deconstructing gendered mobility

How does safety shape everyday gendered mobility and claim in the public realm?

Aim, objectives and methodology

Why study women's everyday mobility in Delhi 'typical' residential localities?

Understanding 'typical' localities and study parameters

Preliminary site mapping

Findings from sites: Accessibility

Findings from sites: Perceived safety

Findings from sites: Street elements shaping perceived safety

Findings from sites: Purposelessness and women's negotiation tactics