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Author International Conference on Universal Design (3rd : 2016 : York, England), author.

Title Universal design 2016 : learning from the past, designing for the future : proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Universal Design (UD 2016), York, United Kingdom, August 21-24, 2016 / edited by Helen Petrie, Jenny Darzentas, Tanja Walsh, David Swallow, Leonardo Sandoval, Andrew Lewis, and Christopher Power
Published Amsterdam, Netherlands : IOS Press, [2016]
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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 686 pages) : illustrations
Series Studies in health technology and informatics, 1879-8365 ; volume 229
Studies in health technology and informatics ; v. 229. 0926-9630
Contents Section 1. About universal design. Universal design: attitudes and awareness the general opinion on accessibility: research about the attitudes in Finland -- Cross-professional cooperation in a university setting -- First year students evaluating an award-winning project -- Grant as a driving force for innovation in universal design -- Interactive universal design kiosks: explanations about social inclusion features in architectural design -- Accessibility videos -- Universal design: theory and practice. On the relationship between 'universal' and 'particular' in architecture -- Existential design applied in universal design settings -- Universal design: evolving policy -- From visions to practical policy: the universal design journey in Norway. What did we learn? What did we gain? What now? -- A South African municipality mapping the way forward for social inclusion through universal design -- Local and regional authorities as resources for implementing universal design policy in Norway -- Equalization and participation for all: Swedish disability policy at a crossroads -- Rogaland County Council and universal design -- Deregulation of the building code and the norwegian approach to regulation of accessibility in the built environment -- Universal design: protocols, regulations and standards -- How to solve dilemmas arising from the idea of improving physical accessibility in relation to aesthetics and architectural heritage -- Do performance-based codes support universal design in architecture? -- Accessibility in public buildings: efficiency of checklist protocols -- Universal design as a booster for housing quality and architectural practice -- Universal design criteria in standards and codes about accessibility of built environments in Brazil -- User involvement in universal design. A lead user approach to universal design: involving older adults -- In the design process -- Testing universal design of a public media website with diverse users -- Transforming inclusion: designing in the experience of greater technological possibility -- Three case studies on methods of working with older people on the design of new technologies -- Universal design education. Developing inclusive teaching and learning through the principles -- Of universal design -- Facilitating the concept of universal design among design students: changes in teaching in the last decade -- Teaching universal design in the early stages of a design curriculum: involving end users in a student project -- Educating students about standardisation relating to universal design -- Universal design for education in architecture and the built environment universal design and continuing professional development for architects: an Irish Case Study -- Inclusive planning: paramount in today's Norway -- Eliciting parents' individual requirements for an inclusive digital school system -- The joyful aging club: an example of universal design practice on architectural and urban settings -- How juries assess universal design in Norwegian architectural school competitions -- Section 2. Universal design in practice. Universal design of public buildings and spaces -- Vandhalla: a sport centre and a successful example of first-generation universal design -- can we build inclusion? -- Aalto University Undergraduate Centre. Protected Alvar Aalto building awarded for accessibility after renovation -- Towards universal design hotels in Denmark -- Universal design and social sustainability in the city: the case study of Tehran Iran -- Wheeled mobility devices and access to buildings -- Universal mosque/masjid design -- Universal design for daily living. Developing a user-centred planning tool for young adults with development disorders: a research-based teaching project -- Shopping with acquired brain injuries, coping strategies and Maslowian principles -- Standard lavatories for wheeled mobility device users -- Universal design for health and well-being. Implementing universal design strategies in municipalities: a multidisciplinary approach to universal design and public health -- Ensuring universal access to eye health in urban slums in the global south: the case of Bhopal (India) -- Interaction design in the built environment: designing for the 'universal user' -- Universal design of domestic environments. Energy efficiency and universal design in home renovations: a comparative review -- Universal design and welfare technology -- RemoTable: sharing daily activities and moods using smart furniture -- Multidisciplinary procedures for designing housing adaptations for people with mobility disabilities --
Universal design and the smart home. Universal design: light and colour. understanding WCAG2.0 colour contrast requirements through 3D colour space visualisation -- Colour coding of maps for colour deficient observers -- How to frame universal workspace lighting -- Planning and measuring luminance contrast in staircases -- Simulating colour vision deficiency from a spectral image -- Universal design: size matters! Functioning and challenges in equality and accessibility among people with short stature -- A universal design method for reflecting physical characteristics variability: case study of a bicycle frame -- Universal design for cultural heritage and tourism. A conceptual framework for inclusive digital storytelling to increase diversity and motivation for cultural tourism in Thailand -- Sıkışma: an alternative information design project for Ihlamur Pavilions Istanbul -- Universal access in heritage sites: a case study on historic sites in Jaipur, India -- Universal design in a zoological setting -- Universal design of the web. The importance of process-oriented accessibility guidelines for web developers -- Search, read and write: an inquiry into web accessibility for people with dyslexia -- Universally designed text on the web: towards readability criteria based on anti-patterns -- Norway's ICT accessibility legislation, methods and indicators -- Understanding and supporting web developers: design and evaluation of a web accessibility information resource (WebAIR) -- Universal design and ICT. Framing the universal design of information and communication technology: an interdisciplinary model for research and practice -- Evaluation of accessibility testing methods. Which methods uncover what type of problems? -- Barriers to banking: towards an inclusive banking environment in South Africa -- Embodied and distributed parallel DJing -- A universal design approach to government service delivery: the case of ChileAtiende -- Exploring intrinsic and extrinsic motivations to participate in a crowdsourcing project to support blind and partially sighted students -- Resource discovery and universal access: understanding enablers and barriers from the user perspective -- The "free from housing accessibility problems" -- Universal design for mobility. Beyond accessible mobility: insights into psychosocial inclusivity dimensions in personal transport -- Understanding the lived experience of five individuals with mobility aids -- Directional tactile pavings in a universal design perspective -- Mobility experience of persons with visual impairments in Indian railway station environments -- Experimental studies of wheelchair and walker users passing through doors with different opening force -- Involving older adults in the technology design process: a case study on mobility and wellbeing in the built environment -- Wayfinding design for Amherst Senior Center -- Co-motion: mobility and wellbeing in later life -- Challenges and successes in the application of universal access principles in the development of bus rapid transport sytems in South Africa -- Measuring universal design. Qualitative description of spatial quality in inclusive architecture -- Mobile app to assess universal access compliance -- Upgrading existing buildings to universal design. What cost-benefit analyses can tell us -- On assessing the costs and benefits of universal design of ICT 662 -- Mapping Norway: a method to register and survey the status of accessibility
Notes International conference proceedings
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Notes Description based on online resource; title from resource home page (IOS Press, viewed January 26, 2017)
Subject Universal design -- Congresses
Barrier-free design.
People with disabilities.
Architectural Accessibility
Equipment Design
Environment Design
Disabled Persons
barrier-free design.
ART / Folk & Outsider Art
CRAFTS & HOBBIES / Folkcrafts
People with disabilities
Barrier-free design
Universal design
Genre/Form proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Form Electronic book
Author Petrie, H. (Helen), editor
LC no. 2016950298
ISBN 9781614996842
1614996849
Other Titles UD 2016