Inclusive Design: Designing and Developing Accessible Environments

by Peter Hall and Rob Imrie

The reality of the built environment for disabled people is one of social, physical and attitudinal barriers which prevent their ease of mobility, movement and access. In the United Kingdom, most homes cannot be accessed by wheelchair, while accessible transport is the exception rather than the rule. Pavements are littered with street furniture, while most public and commercial buildings provide few design features to permit disabled people ease...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0419256202
• ISBN13: 9780419256205
• Release Date: August 2001
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.5" x 9.7"