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The inclusive city: delivering a more accessible urban environment through inclusive design

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Disability Rights and Representation Urban Transport and Accessibility Assistive Technology in Communication and Mobility

Abstract

This paper examines the reasons why the design of urban public space in the UK has failed to provide easy access to the city centre for older people and people with disabilities. After tracing the impact of medical, social, and bio-social models of disability on professional attitudes and values, the account goes on to consider ?architectural disability? that is produced by the design of the built environment. The distinctions between general needs, special needs and inclusive design are examined, and the impact of these different approaches is considered in respect of built environment legislation and architectural practice. Access to the city centre is conceptualised in terms of the ?transport chain? and public toilets are identified as a missing link in that chain. The provision of accessible ?away from home? toilets in city centres is examined as a worked example of the tension that currently exists between designing for special needs and inclusive design. The paper concludes by speculating about the part that chartered surveyors could play in implementing a more inclusive approach to design. This paper examines the reasons why the design of urban public space in the UK has failed to provide easy access to the city centre for older people and people with disabilities. After tracing the impact of medical, social, and bio-social models of disability on professional attitudes and values, the account goes on to consider ?architectural disability? that is produced by the design of the built environment. The distinctions between general needs, special needs and inclusive design are examined, and the impact of these different approaches is considered in respect of built environment legislation and architectural practice. Access to the city centre is conceptualised in terms of the ?transport chain? and public toilets are identified as a missing link in that chain. The provision of accessible ?away from home? toilets in city centres is examined as a worked example of the tension that currently exists between designing for special needs and inclusive design. The paper concludes by speculating about the part that chartered surveyors could play in implementing a more inclusive approach to design.

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References

1996Disability and the City: International Perspectives 2001Inclusive Design: Designing and Developing Accessible Environments 2000Towards a practical inclusive design approach 2012Designing for the Disabled: The New Paradigm 2001The Socio-spatial Construction of (In)accessible Public Toilets 2001Disability and the Open City 2007Inclusive Urban Design: Public Toilets 2001Barriered and Bounded Places and the Spatialities of Disability

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