Inclusive Urban Design: Public Toilets - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Inclusive Urban Design: Public Toilets write by Clara Greed. This book was released on 2007-06-01. Inclusive Urban Design: Public Toilets available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This is a unique text providing both design guidance and policy direction for the provision and design of public toilets covering city-wide, district-level and site-specific principles. It highlights the role of urban design in reversing the trend of inadequate toilet provision, and sets out guidelines for design which meets both user need and provider requirements. Greed presents the fundamental principle that toilets should not be dealt with in isolation from mainstream urban policy, but that they should be seen as a serious core component in both strategic urban policy and local area design. She argues toilets are valuable townscape features in their own right as manifestation civic pride and good urban design - essential architectural components which add to the quality and viability of an area. Although a range of design guidance on toilets exists there is still considerable dissatisfaction with the end product in terms of building design, levels of provision, location, safety, layout, DDA requirements and accessibility. By outlining user demands and provider constraints, Greed shows that it is essential for architects to have an informed understanding and practical knowledge of toilet issues when working with public and private sector providers. Examples of toilet architecture from other countries, and policies from different cultural settings, are included for comparative purposes to invigorate UK perspectives.
Publically Accessible Toilets
Publically Accessible Toilets - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Publically Accessible Toilets write by Gail Knight. This book was released on 2011. Publically Accessible Toilets available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Inclusive Urban Design: Streets For Life
Inclusive Urban Design: Streets For Life - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Inclusive Urban Design: Streets For Life write by Elizabeth Burton. This book was released on 2006-08-11. Inclusive Urban Design: Streets For Life available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This is the first book to address the design needs of older people in the outdoor environment. It provides information on design principles essential to built environment professionals who want to provide for all users of urban space and who wish to achieve sustainability in their designs. Part one examines the changing experiences of people in the outdoor environment as they age and discusses existing outdoor environments and the aspects and features that help or hinder older people from using and enjoying them. Part two presents the six design principles for ‘streets for life’ and their many individual components. Using photographs and line drawings, a range of design features are presented at all scales of the outdoor environment from street layouts and building form to signs and detail. Part three expands on the concept of ‘streets for life’ as the ultimate goal of inclusive urban design. These are outdoor environments that people are able to confidently understand, navigate and use, regardless of age or circumstance, and represent truly sustainable inclusive communities.
The Provision of Public Toilets
The Provision of Public Toilets - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Provision of Public Toilets write by House of Commons Communities and Local G. This book was released on 2008-10-22. The Provision of Public Toilets available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Public toilets matter to everybody, regardless of their age, class, ethnic origin, gender, mental ability or physical ability, and they are even more important to certain sections of society, including older people, disabled people, women, families with young children and tourists. While the Public Health Act 1936 gives local authorities a power to provide public toilets, it imposes no duty to do so, and this lack of compulsion, together with a perception of nuisance associated with them, has arguably resulted in a steady decline in the provision of public toilets in recent years. This decline needs to be addressed. The Committee supports the Government's Strategic Guide on the provision of public toilets, "Improving Public Access to Better Quality Toilets" (2008), which highlighted existing powers at the disposal of local authorities that can be used to improve public access to toilets. Some local authorities have developed strategies for the provision of clean, safe, accessible toilets, including partnerships with local businesses (such as pubs, cafes and shops) that make their own toilets available to non-customers. Other local authorities are less committed, which has led to great disparities between different towns and regions. Some local authorities may have used the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 as an excuse to close public toilets, rather than bring them up to the standards required by the Act. This report seeks to consider the evidence and to produce simple and practical recommendations to improve this important social amenity. The over-riding recommendation is that the Government imposes a duty on local authorities to develop a public toilet strategy, which should involve consultation with the local community, for their own area.
Diversity and Design
Diversity and Design - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Diversity and Design write by Beth Tauke. This book was released on 2015-08-27. Diversity and Design available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Diversity and Design explores how design - whether of products, buildings, landscapes, cities, media, or systems - affects diverse members of society. Fifteen case studies in television, marketing, product design, architecture, film, video games, and more, illustrate the profound, though often hidden, consequences design decisions and processes have on the total human experience. The book not only investigates how gender, race, class, age, disability, and other factors influence the ways designers think, but also emphasizes the importance of understanding increasingly diverse cultures and, thus, averting design that leads to discrimination, isolation, and segregation. With over 140 full-color illustrations, chapter summaries, discussion questions and exercises, Diversity and Design is a valuable tool to help you understand the importance of designing for all.
