Inclusive University Built Environments: The Impact of Approved Document M for Architects, Designers, and Engineers - Rilegato

Shuayb, Itab

 
9783030358600: Inclusive University Built Environments: The Impact of Approved Document M for Architects, Designers, and Engineers
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ISBN 10: 3030358607 ISBN 13: 9783030358600
Casa editrice: Springer Nature, 2020

Sinossi

This book investigates the impact of Approved Document M—introduced to address accessibility and usability issues for people with disabilities in newly constructed facilities—on different university buildings in the United Kingdom. A selection of six buildings at the University of Kent, the University of Bath, and the University of Essex, built within the six decades spanning the 1960s through the 2010s, are studied to investigate the impact of the measure on changing building designs to be accessible for all potential users, including people with disabilities. The book dissects specifically the University of Kent case study, delineating benefits of the inclusive design approach. Providing case studies of existing educational buildings and recommendations case studies of existing educational buildings and provides recommendations, the book is ideal for engineers, architects, built environment researcher, designers and standard committees.

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Informazioni sull?autore

<div><p>Dr. Itab Shuayb is a lecturer in the School of Architecture within the American University of Beirut in Lebanon.She is a Fullbright visiting scholar at the University of Connecticut- Storrs.&nbsp;She holds a PhD from the University of Kent in England.</p></div><div><br></div>

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This book investigates the impact of Approved Document M―introduced to address accessibility and usability issues for people with disabilities in newly constructed facilities―on different university buildings in the United Kingdom. A selection of six buildings at the University of Kent, the University of Bath, and the University of Essex, built within the six decades spanning the 1960s through the 2010s, are studied to investigate the impact of the measure on changing building designs to be accessible for all potential users, including people with disabilities. The book dissects specifically the University of Kent case study, delineating benefits of the inclusive design approach. Providing case studies of existing educational buildings and recommendations case studies of existing educational buildings and provides recommendations, the book is ideal for engineers, architects, built environment researcher, designers and standard committees.

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Editore
Springer Nature
Data di pubblicazione
2020
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
3030358607
ISBN 13 
9783030358600
Rilegatura
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Numero edizione
1
Numero di pagine
228
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9783030358631: Inclusive University Built Environments: The Impact of Approved Document M for Architects, Designers, and Engineers

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ISBN 10:  3030358631 ISBN 13:  9783030358631
Casa editrice: Springer Nature, 2021
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