Gendered Dimension of Sustainable Urban form

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for visitors to relax on all around the inner and outer circles. Women usually attend in groups or with a male partner, but nearly never by themselves. Women believe the pedestrian subway to be an unsafe zone because it is frequently dark and unattended.

Figure 5: Street of Connaught Place, Delhi

Women have stated in various media reports that they would rather cross a major road on foot than take the underpass. Wine and liquor shops are considered highly unsafe locations for women. A paan shop located in the well-lit corridors of Connaught Place’s inner circle selling imported cigars, cigarettes, lighters, chewing gums, is considered relatively safe for modern young girls.

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