Barrier free campus landscape for students with disabilities
This paper discusses the theoretical aspects of disability and its relationship to campus planning. It presents the theoretical frameworks consist of the definition of disability and people with disabilities (PwDs); types of disabilities in built environment which cover issues and challenges face...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Asian Academic Research Journal of Multidisciplinary
2015
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/72334/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/72334/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/72334/1/72334_Barrier%20free%20campus%20landscape%20for%20students.pdf |
| Summary: | This paper discusses the theoretical aspects of disability and its relationship to campus
planning. It presents the theoretical frameworks consist of the definition of disability and
people with disabilities (PwDs); types of disabilities in built environment which cover issues
and challenges faced by disabled peoples; outdoor spaces of campus planning and outdoor
campus environment from the aspects of landscape design. This paper focuses on the barrier
free campus landscape design in campus planning and reviews the needs of Student with
Disabilities (SwDs) as part of PwDs in terms of their accessibility, safety, usability, and
integrated design, in order to create a barrier free campus environment. The paper provides a
platform to discover the needs of the disabled students, especially in the campus
environment, based on the type of disabilities. |
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