“Separate but Equal?” Understanding Gender Differences in Urban Park Usage and Its Implications for Gender-Inclusive Design

Yiwei Huang is Assistant Professor of landscape architecture at Purdue University. Her research focuses on participatory design and planning methods, therapeutic and edible landscape in cities, and the health and everyday geography of traditionally marginalized urban communities.

N. Claire Napawan is Associate Professor of landscape architecture and environmental design in the Department of Human Ecology at the University of California, Davis. Her research uses co-design methodologies to increase community’s resilience for underrepresented populations.