Aplicación del urbanismo feminista en la movilidad del peatón en el municipio de Alcorcón (Madrid) = Application of Feminist Urbanism in Pedestrian Mobility in the Municipality of Alcorcón (Madrid, Spain)

Abstract

Urban design is an issue that, until not more than 20 years ago, belonged to the technical field, without paying too much attention to the social, psychological and environmental fields, dimensions that undoubtedly affect the citizens that inhabit and travel there. Today, from feminist urbanism, the design of our cities, mobility and safety in their streets, are issues in vogue, attracting the attention of various branches of science, from architecture to sociology or anthropology. From this perspective, a bibliographic review has been carried out, to later apply the theory of the feminist urbanism model to a specific case, the municipality of Alcorcón in Madrid (Spain). For the implementation of this theory, an evaluation rubric has been developed and, through the observation technique, the oldest streets of the San José de Valderas neighborhood of said municipality have been evaluated. To close the article, economically viable improvement proposals are added, which make the observed streets more pleasant and take into account the daily needs of citizens to a greater extent.