Inclusive Design: Designing and Developing Accessible Environments

ISBN-13: 9780419256205 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 202 str.

Peter Hall; Robert Imrie; Rob Imrie

Opis

The reality of the built environment for disabled people is of social, physical and attitudinal barriers which prevent their ease of mobility and access. In a changing context - social, legal and practical - barriers which prevent their ease of mobility and access. In a changing context - social, legal and practical - barriers to disabled people's inclusion in buildings and the wider built environment are still considerable. In this new professional text, the authors document how emerging pressures for accessible building design is influencing the policies and practice of property companies and professionals. The ten interesting illustrated case studies focus on commercial development in the UK and Sweden. Inclusive Design offers insights into different regulatory and market environments across the nations and draws some relevant conclusions of practical value to property professionals.

Recenzje

'This is a well written and informative book on an important topic. The authors have taken an interesting perspective on access and the built environment by focussing on the role of the development industry. Their findings are shocking. Anyone interested in urban issues will find a wealth of insightful material in this book' Nick Oatley, University of the West of England

'this book provides documentation of the attitudes and values of developers, surveyors, architects and landscape architects to the building needs of disabled people, primarily in the UK. Throughout the book are case studies, from property professionals and disabled people, showing that many public and designed spaces do not currently provide access for everyone. It also ackowledges the need for increased legislation and regulatory controls' Sue Basett, Landscape Design Magazine.

'Inclusive Design is a fine and valuable book, full of interesting material.' - Housing Studies

'This is the best book on the subject of disability and access. It is very well written and uses imaginative examples to present a powerful portrayal of disabled people's exclusion from the built environment.' - M. Dolton, London

Spis treści

List of Figures. The Authors. Acknowledgements. Preface. Part 1: Debate. 1. Inclusive Design and Development in the Built Environment. 2. Barriers to Disabled People's Inclusion in the Built Environment. 3. Access Directives in the Development and Design Process. Part 2: Illustrations. 4. Developers' Responses to the Building Needs of Disabled People. 5. Architects and Disabling Design Practices. 6. Shaping Access Through Institutional and Project Team Dynamics. Part 3: Reflections. 7. Alternative Directions in Property Development, Disability and Design. Footnotes. Appendices. References. Index.

O autorze

Rob Imrie is a professor of Human Geography at Royal Holloway University of London. His research interests include the geographies of mobilty and movement of disabled people, urban design and disability, and urban politics and governmentality. Peter Hall is a full time researcher in the Department of Geography at Royal Holloway employed on a Leverhulme Trust funded project on 'Architects and Disabling Design in the Built Environment'.