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Accessible Housing: Quality, Disability and Design
Contributor(s): Imrie, Rob (Author)

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ISBN: 0415318920     ISBN-13: 9780415318921
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE: $90.20  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: September 2005
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Annotation: This book considers the interrelationships between disability and housing design with a focus on the role of policy in addressing the housing needs of disabled people. The book will set out some of the broader debates about the nature of housing, quality and design: in what ways is domestic design and architecture implicated in inhibiting or facilitating mobility and movement of people; what is the nature of government regulation and policy in relation to the design of home environments. To date there is little or no knowledge about the range of approaches to accessible design in housing nor how far policies and practices are adequate or not in creating accessible home environments. This book will go some way to address this shortfall in knowledge.
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BISAC Categories:
- Architecture | Buildings - Residential
- Architecture | Methods & Materials
- Architecture | Professional Practice
Dewey: 728.087
LCCN: 2005001624
Physical Information: 0.52" H x 7.52" W x 9.6" L (1.27 lbs) 264 pages
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
 
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Considering the interrelationships between disability and housing design with a focus on the role of policy in addressing the housing needs of disabled people, this book sets out some of the broader debates about the nature of housing, quality and design. In what ways are domestic design and architecture implicated in inhibiting or facilitating mobility and movement of people? What is the nature of government regulation and policy in relation to the design of home environments? The author addresses these questions, and brings a range of approaches to accessible design in housing to the forefront of debate, assessing how far policies and practices are equal to the challenge of creating accessible and desirable home environments.

 
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