How to Produce Universal Designed Pedestrian Spaces in Urban Area

To date, it has been implemented with emphasis on countermeasures for people with disabilities in Japan, such as so-called New Barrier-Free Law for UD. However, of crucial importance for “pedestrian spaces” is not merely accessibility in welfare terms but also diversification of mobility, creation of prosperity, and amusement. Believing that this is a new mode that is necessary for UD in future pedestrian spaces, the authors propose a new concept of UD. They set the next three elements as components of UD in pedestrian spaces. 1.Function (Network), 2.Mechanism/ system (Urban planning), 3.Device (Design). It is a new concept of UD pedestrian spaces that the very space in which these three items are accumulated and satisfied is UD.

• Corporate Authors:

  Hong Kong Society for Rehabilitation

  302, Tower A, New Mandarin Plaza, 14 Science Museum Road, Tsimshatsui East, Kowloon
  Hong Kong,   China 
• Authors:
  • Emori, Hisashi
  • Izawa, Misaski
  • Yokoyama, Tetsu
  • Suzuki, Yoshiyasu
  • Konno, Yuya
• Conference:
  • TRANSED 2010: 12th International Conference on Mobility and Transport for Elderly and Disabled Persons
  • Location: Hong Kong , China
  • Date: 2010-6-1 to 2010-6-4
• Publication Date: 2010

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 8p
• Monograph Title: TRANSED 2010: 12th International Conference on Mobility and Transport for Elderly and Disabled Persons, June 1-4, 2010

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accessibility; Pedestrian areas; Pedestrians; Persons with disabilities; Urban areas
• Uncontrolled Terms: Universal design
• Geographic Terms: Japan
• Subject Areas: Design; Pavements; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01360782
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 25 2012 11:57AM