The intersection of gender issues and planning is an underexplored area within the profession, but planners have the ability to understand and address many of the gender-specific issues which manifest in spatial form. Research in Prof. Warner’s Local Government Restructuring Lab is conducted in collaboration with the Women and Planning Division of the American Planning Association, and the student-led Women's Planning Forum at Cornell.
Micklow, Amanda C. and Mildred E. Warner, (2014). “Not Your Mother’s Suburb: Remaking Communities for a more Diverse Population,” The Urban Lawyer, 46(4): 729-751.
Micklow, Amanda, Beth Kancilia, Mildred Warner, 2015. “The Need to Plan for Women,” Planning with a Gender Lens Issue Brief. 2015.
Turesky, Marisa and Warner, Mildred E. (2020). “Gender Dynamics in the Planning Workplace,” Journal of the American Planning Association, 86:2, 157-170, DOI: 10.1080/01944363.2019.1691041
Warner, Mildred E., and Xue Zhang. 2023. “Representative Bureaucracy, Age-Friendly Planning, and the Role of Gender, Public Engagement, and Professional Management.” Administration and Society 55, no. 9: 1738–1757.
🔶Zhang, Xue, Mildred E. Warner, Chun Xu, Yu Wang, (2025). “Invisible Women in Comprehensive Plans,” Journal of Urban Affairs, 47 (7), 2452–2470. (on line since 2023) https://doi.org/10.1080/07352166.2023.2282561
Chun Xu, Jieyi Jin, Yu Wang, Qianling Liu. Invisible Women in Comprehensive Plans. Video. 2022 SPRING
Della Alderson, Moriah Richman, Rui Xie, Yifei Zhao. Cases of Planning for Equity, in Collaboration with the American Planning Association.Booklet | Planning for Equity in Action. 2025 Fall
“Planning for Aging: Does Gender Matter,” Webinar, American Planning Association, Sept. 6, 2013. 166 participants. Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5Kwiq_3Mlc (5 minutes in)
