Download or read book Focus Groups to Examine Barrier free and Adaptable Housing Design written by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation and published by . This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Focus Groups to Examine Barrier free and Adaptable Housing Design written by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Focus Groups to Examine Barrier free and Adaptable Housing Design written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Enabling Environments written by Edward Steinfeld and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1999-04-30 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection focuses on methods for measuring the role of the physical environment in the disablement process and the limitations of current theory, knowledge, and research in the field. Linking the chapters is a new paradigm of research on accessibility, which emphasizes that disability is both a social and an individual process and is consistent with recent developments in a disability rights, rehabilitation practice, and environmental design.
Download or read book The Accessible Housing Design File written by Barrier Free Environments, inc and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-12-07 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Accessible Housing Design File emphasizes both universally usabel and marketable environments that have excellent resale value. It covers the full gamut of accessible design and construction options.
Download or read book Universal Design 2021 From Special to Mainstream Solutions written by I. Verma and published by IOS Press. This book was released on 2021-07 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Universal Design is a process for creating an equitable and sustainable society. It is a concept committed to recognizing and accepting each individual’s potential and characteristics, and promoting the realization of a built environment that does not stigmatize users, but enables everyone to participate fully in their community. This book presents 32 articles from the 5th International Conference on Universal Design (UD2021). Previous Universal Design conferences have been organized biennially, but the 2020 conference was postponed due to COVID-19 restrictions, and eventually held online from 9 - 11 June 2021. UD2021 brings together a multidisciplinary group of experts from around the world to share knowledge and best practice with the common goal of shaping the way we design; avoiding stereotyped or discriminatory views and solutions that could stigmatize particular groups of people. The articles are organized into chapters under seven broad themes: universal design and inclusive design; user experience and co-design; access to education and learning environment; web accessibility and usability of technology; architecture and the built environment; mobility and transport; and designing for older people. The current situation has highlighted not only the importance of web accessibility, the user-friendliness of interfaces and remote connections; during the last year, the importance and quality of our daily living environment, access to services and green space has also become ever more obvious. This book will be of particular interest to those working to enable all those with disabilities or impairments to live independently and participate fully in all aspects of life.
Download or read book Fair Housing Act Design Manual written by United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Office of Housing and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Selected Resource Guide on Accessible Environments for the Disabled written by United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Office of Policy Development and Research and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Universal Design in Higher Education written by Sheryl E. Burgstahler and published by Harvard Education Press. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Universal Design in Higher Education looks at the design of physical and technological environments at institutions of higher education; at issues pertaining to curriculum and instruction; and at the full array of student services. Universal Design in Higher Education is a comprehensive guide for researchers and practitioners on creating fully accessible college and university programs. It is founded upon, and contributes to, theories of universal design in education that have been gaining increasingly wide attention in recent years. As greater numbers of students with disabilities attend postsecondary educational institutions, administrators have expressed increased interest in making their programs accessible to all students. This book provides both theoretical and practical guidance for schools as they work to turn this admirable goal into a reality. It addresses a comprehensive range of topics on universal design for higher education institutions, thus making a crucial contribution to the growing body of literature on special education and universal design. This book will be of unique value to university and college administrators, and to special education researchers, practitioners, and activists.
Download or read book Accessible Housing written by Robert Imrie and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2006 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Accessible Housing considers the role and significance of house builders in influencing the design and construction of accessible housing that can meet the needs of disabled people. Its primary focus is the speculative house building process, and the construction of private (for sale) dwellings. The book describes and evaluates the socio-institutional political, and technical relations that underpin the design and construction of housing. These, so it is argued, shape builders' reluctance to design and construct housing that is flexible to accommodate variations in bodily needs and performance." -- Book jacket.
Download or read book Design Options for Barrier free and Adaptable Housing written by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation and published by . This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides design information that will enable developers to make informed decisions on the integration of barrier-free and adaptable housing concepts into their projects. The first part introduces the concept of barrier-free and adaptable housing and describes its client groups; provides guidance on adapting the proposed designs to a housing project; and describes the architectural characteristics of barrier-free and adaptable housing, outlining performance criteria for building components and dwelling units. This part includes information on corridors, stairs, access, parking, fire safety, individual rooms, doors, lighting, windows, flooring, and home automation. The second part is a cost estimate study including a costing methodology and tables of cost estimates corresponding to themes outlined in the technical section of the first part.
Download or read book WHO Housing and Health Guidelines written by and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Improved housing conditions can save lives, prevent disease, increase quality of life, reduce poverty, and help mitigate climate change. Housing is becoming increasingly important to health in light of urban growth, ageing populations and climate change. The WHO Housing and health guidelines bring together the most recent evidence to provide practical recommendations to reduce the health burden due to unsafe and substandard housing. Based on newly commissioned systematic reviews, the guidelines provide recommendations relevant to inadequate living space (crowding), low and high indoor temperatures, injury hazards in the home, and accessibility of housing for people with functional impairments. In addition, the guidelines identify and summarize existing WHO guidelines and recommendations related to housing, with respect to water quality, air quality, neighbourhood noise, asbestos, lead, tobacco smoke and radon. The guidelines take a comprehensive, intersectoral perspective on the issue of housing and health and highlight co-benefits of interventions addressing several risk factors at the same time. The WHO Housing and health guidelines aim at informing housing policies and regulations at the national, regional and local level and are further relevant in the daily activities of implementing actors who are directly involved in the construction, maintenance and demolition of housing in ways that influence human health and safety. The guidelines therefore emphasize the importance of collaboration between the health and other sectors and joint efforts across all government levels to promote healthy housing. The guidelines' implementation at country-level will in particular contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals on health (SDG 3) and sustainable cities (SDG 11). WHO will support Member States in adapting the guidelines to national contexts and priorities to ensure safe and healthy housing for all.
Download or read book Fair Housing Act Design Manual written by U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Fair Housing Act Design Manual: A Manual to Assist Designers and Builders in Meeting the Accessibility Requirements of The Fair Housing Act provides clear and helpful guidance about ways to design and construct housing which complies with the Fair Housing Act. The manual provides direct information about the accessibility requirements of the Act, which must be incorporated into the design, and construction of multifamily housing covered by the Act. It carries out two statutory responsibilities: (1) to provide clear statement of HUD's interpretation of the accessibility requirements of the Act so that readers may know what actions on their part will provide them with a "safe harbor"; and (2) to provide guidance in the form of recommendations which, although not binding meet the Department's obligation to provide technical assistance on alternative accessibility approaches which will comply with the Act, but may exceed its minimal requirements. The latter information allows housing providers to choose among alternative and also provides persons with disabilities with information on accessible design approaches. The Manual clarifies what are requirements under the Act and what are HUD's technical assistance recommendations. The portions describing the requirements are clearly differentiated from the technical assistance recommendations.
Download or read book Varieties of Barrier Free Design written by Jon Christophersen and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Accessible Housing written by Leon A. Frechette and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 1996-05 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Design/remodel barrier-free housing yourself. Here's the first nuts-and-bolts, how-to guide for builders and remodelers designing or retro-fitting homes for the physically-disabled and elderly. In Leon A. Frechette's Accessible Housing you'll find ready-to-use floor plans for every room in the house--tools and techniques for calculating stairway risers and treads--guidelines for determining doorway and window dimensions, counter and bathtub heights, and other code-related issues--installation instructions for intercoms and alarms--barrier-free building codes for commercial multi-family housing units--and more. It's your key to unlocking the door to barrier-free residential work!
Download or read book Design Options costs for Barrier free and Adaptable Housing written by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation and published by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. This book was released on 1997 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication, which is divided into two parts, provides design information that will enable developers to make informed decisions on accessibility. Part I of the document describes the architectural characteristics of barrier-free and adaptable housing and outlines criteria for building components and dwelling units. In all, it contains 33 themes, 31 of which focus on multi-family housing, small residential units, the dwelling unit and common elements. The last two themes deal with special issues: meeting special needs; and home automation. Part 2 of the study presents an estimation of costs generated by the barrier-free and adaptable features described in Part 1 of this document. The objective is to indicate the possible range of these costs, so as to enable a developer to make a summary evaluation of the impact that barrier-free elements have on the construction cost of his project. In order to facilitate the referencing of the design elements described in Part 1, the costs are presented under the theme headings and the numbering system corresponds to the features described. The two parts can thus be easily consulted in parallel.
Download or read book Accessible Housing by Design written by Steven Winter Associates and published by McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing. This book was released on 1997 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This practical implementation guide to the principles of universal design in residences shows how to integrate universal design features at modest or no additional cost. It evaluates accessibility features such as fixtures, hands-free communication and security systems and remote-control devices.
