The major structural changes in European societies that have come to be known as the Second Demographic Transition pose new challenges for urban planning, particularly in terms of how to plan for equality in diversity. This article explores the urban planning implications of considering the needs of the city from the perspective of the new analytical category of gender. Among these are the spatial consequences of recognising and revaluing care work as being as important as paid employment.
The text demonstrates how this prompts questions regarding conventional urban planning assumptions concerning locations for housing, employment, leisure, and facilities. In the domain of transport, the article puts forward the notion of “mobility of care” as a novel concept. Finally, it is important to note that the present document refers to the policies, programmes and legal regulations developed in Europe and Spain, which now obligate all public administrations to promote gender equality in their urban and housing policies.