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ISBN10: 0071629238 | ISBN13: 9780071629232
ISBN10: 0071629238
ISBN13: 9780071629232
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Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. The Latest Advances in Universal Design Thoroughly updated and packed with examples of global standards and design solutions, Universal Design Handbook, Second Edition, covers the full scope of universal design, discussing how to develop media, products, buildings, and infrastructure for the widest range of human needs, preferences, and functioning. This pioneering work brings together a rich variety of expertise from around the world to discuss the extraordinary growth and changes in the universal design movement. The book provides an overview of universal design premises and perspectives, and performance-based design criteria and guidelines. Public and private spaces, products, and technologies are covered, and current and emerging research and teaching are explored. This unique resource includes analyses of historical and contemporary universal design issues from seven different countries, as well as a look at future trends. Students, advocates, policy makers, and design practitioners will get a theoretical grounding in and practical reference on the physical and social roles of design from this definitive volume. UNIVERSAL DESIGN HANDBOOK, SECOND EDITION, COVERS: United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities U.S. accessibility codes and standards, including the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Life safety standards and guidelines Universal design implementations in Norway, Japan, France, Germany, Brazil, Italy and the Old City of Jerusalem Planning ADA implementation in public educational institutions Urban scale and mass transportation universal design Designing inclusive experiences, including outdoor play settings Office and workspace design Universal design in home building and remodeling Products and technologies, including autos, web access, media, and digital content Universal design research initiatives, education, and performance assessments
Introduction; Part 1. Premises and Perspectives; Chapter 1. Universal Design: An Evolving Paradigm; Chapter 2. Toward Social, Economic, and Environmental Sustainability; Chapter 3. Universal Design and the Majority World;Part 2. Principles, Standards, and Guidelines; Chapter 4. The Principles of Universal Design; Chapter 5. United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; Chapter 6. U.S. Accessibility Codes and Standards: Challenges for Universal Design; Chapter 7. The ADA and Accessibility: Interpretations in U.S. Courts; Chapter 8. Life Safety Standards and Guidelines;Chapter 9. The Universal Design Thesaurus: Creating a Descriptive Language for Our Field; Part 3. International Perspectives; Chapter 10. Norway's Planning Approach to Implement Universal Design; Chapter 11. The Impact of Aging on Japanese Accessibility Standards; Chapter 12. The Evolution of Design for All in Public Buildings and Transportation in France; Chapter 13. Manifestations of Universal Design in Germany; Chapter 14. Writing Poetry Rather Than Structuring Grammar: Notes for the Development of Universal Design in Brazil; Chapter 15. Accessible Design in Italy; Chapter 16. Planning Accessibility in the Old City of Jerusalem; Part 4. Public Spaces, Private Spaces, Products, and Technologies; SECTION 1: PUBLIC SPACES; Chapter 17. Creating an Accessible Public Realm; Chapter 18. A Capital Planning Approach to ADA Implementation in Public Educational Institutions; Chapter 19. Universal Design in Mass Transportation; Chapter 20. Universal Design at the Urban Scale; Chapter 21. Designing Inclusive Experiences; Chapter 22. Outdoor Play Settings: An Inclusive Approach; Chapter 23. Office and Workplace Design; SECTION 2: PRIVATE SPACES; Chapter 24. Universal Housing: A Critical Component of a Sustainable Community; Chapter 25. The Evolution of Universal Design in Housing in the United States: Toward Visibility and Pattern Books; Chapter 26. A Home for the Next 50 Years: Remodeling for Again Baby Boomers Demonstrates Universal Design in Arts and Crafts Detailing; Chapter 27. The Sensory House; Chapter 28. Diversity and Equality in Housing: Designing the Arkansas Proto-House; SECTION 3: PRODUCTS AND TECHNOLOGIES; Chapter 29. Selling Builders and Remodelers on Universal Design; Chapter 30. Universal Bathrooms; Chapter 31. Universal Design of Automobiles; Chapter 32. Universal Design of Products; Chapter 33. Accessibility of the World Wide Web: Technical and Policy Perspectives; Chapter 34. Universal Design in Media; Chapter 35. Digital Content for Individuals with Print Disabilities; Part 5. Education and Research; Chapter 36. Inclusive Design Research Initiatives at the Royal College of Art; Chapter 37. An International Web-Based Collection of Universal Design Examplars; Chapter 38. Toward Universal Design Performance Assessments; Chapter 39. Universal Design for Learning in the College Classroom; Chapter 40. Camp Aldersgate: A New Model for Architectural Education; Chapter 41. Are Retrofitted Wheelchair Entries Separate and Unequal; Chapter 42. Guidepaths in Buildings; Chapter 43. Redefining Design and Disability: A Person-Environment Fit Model; Part 6. The Past and Future of Universal Design; Chapter 44. The Rhinoceros Syndrome: A Contrarian View of Universal Design; Part 7. Epilogue; Chapter 45. My Story; Index
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