Call for Waterfront to be more disabled friendly

KUCHING: Many tourists may give the Kuching Waterfront a favourable rating but a study has called for more features to be enhanced for people with special needs. The study, conducted in 2008, pointed out that bollards and curb cuts built along the Waterfront made it difficult for the disadvantaged...

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Main Author:	Abdul Rahim, Asiah
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English English English
Published:	2011
Subjects:	NA Architecture
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spelling	iium-136032012-01-26T08:02:25Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/13603/ Call for Waterfront to be more disabled friendly Abdul Rahim, Asiah NA Architecture KUCHING: Many tourists may give the Kuching Waterfront a favourable rating but a study has called for more features to be enhanced for people with special needs. The study, conducted in 2008, pointed out that bollards and curb cuts built along the Waterfront made it difficult for the disadvantaged especially those in wheelchairs to move around. It was also raised that no accessible parking had been provided for people with special needs. In addition, the public toilets at Kuching Waterfront were built in such a way that they are unfriendly to the disadvantaged. 2011-12-20 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/13603/1/paper1_001.jpg application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/13603/9/Print_-_BorneoPost_Online___Borneo_%2C_Malaysia%2C_Sarawak_Daily_News_%C2%BB_Call_for_Waterfront_to_be_more_disabled_friendly_%C2%BB_Print.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/13603/10/paper1_001_13603.pdf Abdul Rahim, Asiah (2011) Call for Waterfront to be more disabled friendly. In: Audit Access Kuching Workshop, 18hb-20hb December 2011, Kuching, Sarawak. http://www.theborneopost.com/2011/12/20/call-for-waterfront-to-be-more-disabled-friendly/
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description	KUCHING: Many tourists may give the Kuching Waterfront a favourable rating but a study has called for more features to be enhanced for people with special needs. The study, conducted in 2008, pointed out that bollards and curb cuts built along the Waterfront made it difficult for the disadvantaged especially those in wheelchairs to move around. It was also raised that no accessible parking had been provided for people with special needs. In addition, the public toilets at Kuching Waterfront were built in such a way that they are unfriendly to the disadvantaged.
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title	Call for Waterfront to be more disabled friendly
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