DiverCity: Youth for Gender Equal Cities Guidebook

āDiverCity: Empowering Youth for Gender Equality in Urban Settingsā is a groundbreaking manual that advocates for inclusive urban planning through collaborative city-building and a robust gender perspective. It challenges traditional paradigms of urban development by placing community engagement, social inclusion, and participatory decision-making at its core. Highlighting initiatives across Spain, Greece, Germany, and Belgium, the manual showcases how young people are pivotal in shaping urban policies and projects, amplifying their voices and contributions. Taking a multidisciplinary approach, āDiverCityā integrates insights from sociology, ecology, economics, and more to reimagine cities as dynamic, adaptive ecosystems shaped by diverse social, economic, and environmental factors. It emphasizes the importance of cooperation among stakeholdersāfrom grassroots movements to civic networksāto democratize urban planning and foster inclusive, resilient urban environments. A central foc...