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Access for All : Approaches to the Built Environment / ed. by Wolfgang Christ.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Basel : Birkhäuser, [2009]Copyright date: ©2009Description: 1 online resource (184 p.)Content type:
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  • 9783034603799
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Introduction -- Elevation – A cultural history of the elevator -- Megamobility – Technology for the individual in the urbanised world -- Cooperation – Urban planning is a community project -- Variety – The Südstadt in Tübingen as a model for the city -- Syntax – Planning urban accessibility -- Image – The imaginary as an instrument of urban and regional planning -- Practice Reducing barriers -- Everyday life – Normalisation breeds discrimination -- Public utility – Car sharing as a complementary means of urban mobility -- Reflection – Philosophy for everyone? -- Internet – Digital inclusion for everyone regardless of their abilities -- Competition – The Schindler Award and the culture of education -- Backmatter
Summary: Access and accessibility are central themes in architecture and urbanism. Moreover, access is a key concept in many other areas such as knowledge and education, healthcare etc. This book deals with this world of access in architecture, city planning, and neighboring fields.Summary: Access and accessibility are central themes in architecture and urbanism. The goal is to make buildings accessible both horizontally and vertically, as well as to provide them with technical infrastructure. But the aim is also to ensure the accessibility of whole streets, routes, parks, and squares, and even entire cities and regions. Today, access is a key concept in the most disparate areas of life. Thus, it is also a matter of access to knowledge and education, access to knowledge media like the Internet, access to healthcare, access to languages, etc. In thirteen articles, this book deals with this world of access in architecture, city planning, and neighboring fields. Topics include ensuring the accessibility of entire urban areas, renewing that of areas that were previously utilized differently, including the general populace in concept planning, and how architecture can help provide access to a better quality of life.

Frontmatter -- Introduction -- Elevation – A cultural history of the elevator -- Megamobility – Technology for the individual in the urbanised world -- Cooperation – Urban planning is a community project -- Variety – The Südstadt in Tübingen as a model for the city -- Syntax – Planning urban accessibility -- Image – The imaginary as an instrument of urban and regional planning -- Practice Reducing barriers -- Everyday life – Normalisation breeds discrimination -- Public utility – Car sharing as a complementary means of urban mobility -- Reflection – Philosophy for everyone? -- Internet – Digital inclusion for everyone regardless of their abilities -- Competition – The Schindler Award and the culture of education -- Backmatter

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Access and accessibility are central themes in architecture and urbanism. Moreover, access is a key concept in many other areas such as knowledge and education, healthcare etc. This book deals with this world of access in architecture, city planning, and neighboring fields.

Access and accessibility are central themes in architecture and urbanism. The goal is to make buildings accessible both horizontally and vertically, as well as to provide them with technical infrastructure. But the aim is also to ensure the accessibility of whole streets, routes, parks, and squares, and even entire cities and regions. Today, access is a key concept in the most disparate areas of life. Thus, it is also a matter of access to knowledge and education, access to knowledge media like the Internet, access to healthcare, access to languages, etc. In thirteen articles, this book deals with this world of access in architecture, city planning, and neighboring fields. Topics include ensuring the accessibility of entire urban areas, renewing that of areas that were previously utilized differently, including the general populace in concept planning, and how architecture can help provide access to a better quality of life.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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