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Journal articles on the topic "Accessibility in buildings"

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Zahari, Nurul Fadzila, Adi Irfan Che-Ani, Robiah Binti Abdul Rashid, Mas Ayu Mohd Tahir, and Suzana Amat. "Factors contribute in development of the assessment framework for wheelchair accessibility in National Heritage Buildings in Malaysia." International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation 38, no. 2 (2019): 311–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijbpa-02-2019-0021.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to reveal the significant factors that contribute to the development of the assessment framework for wheelchair accessibility to National Heritage Buildings. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative approach was conducted via semi-structured interviews and go-along interview (Accessible Audit) through selected multiple case studies to reveal the main factors that contribute to the development of the assessment framework for wheelchair users in National Heritage Buildings in Malaysia. There are four National Heritage Buildings (gazetted under National Heritage Act, 2005) selected for this research. Findings The findings revealed a few significant factors comprising the physical built environment, organizational behavior and structure, financial resources, and existing legislation. Research limitations/implications This research is limited to wheelchair users and National Heritage Buildings, which was conducted through semi-structured interviews and go-along interview (Accessible Audit). Practical implications This research investigates the standpoints of both the National Heritage Building operators and the wheelchair users pertaining to accessibility in National Heritage Buildings with regard to their respective roles as management and users. Social implications The research demonstrates the importance of social participation effects on the accessibility in National Heritage Buildings based on empirical evidence in highlighting operators’ and wheelchair users’ challenges toward enhancing their accessibility. Originality/value This research will be a great contribution to the development of the assessment framework for wheelchair accessibility in National Heritage Buildings in Malaysia, including accessibility for pushchair, elderly, and pregnant women.
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Abdul Kadir, Syazwani, Mariam Jamaludin, and Asiah Abdul Rahim. "Building Managers’ Views on Accessibility and UD Implementation in Public Buildings: Putrajaya." Journal of ASIAN Behavioural Studies 3, no. 6 (2018): 47. http://dx.doi.org/10.21834/jabs.v3i6.236.

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This paper discusses the interview data collection of an on-going research on accessibility of public buildings in Putrajaya. Main issues include the public awareness of PWD rights and the true concepts of Universal Design (UD). Main purposes are to investigate the building managers’ level of awareness and perception regarding the accessibility of their buildings and to study their knowledge on UD theory. Semi-structured interview was carried out with building managers from three public buildings in Putrajaya. Findings show that UD knowledge needs to be enhanced among building managers in order to increase awareness on inclusive environment in public buildings.
 Keywords: Public awareness; accessibility; Universal Design; semi-structured interview
 eISSN 2514-7528 © 2018. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open-access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
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Evcil, A. Nilay. "Wheelchair accessibility to public buildings in Istanbul." Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology 4, no. 2 (2009): 76–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17483100802543247.

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Sakkas, Nikos, and Juan Pérez. "Elaborating metrics for the accessibility of buildings." Computers, Environment and Urban Systems 30, no. 5 (2006): 661–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2005.06.002.

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Abdul Kadir, Syazwani, and Mariam Jamaludin. "Applicability of Malaysian Standards and Universal Design in Public Buildings in Putrajaya." Asian Journal of Environment-Behaviour Studies 3, no. 6 (2018): 29–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.21834/aje-bs.v3i6.233.

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 This paper discusses an on-going research on universal design implementation in public buildings in Putrajaya with the applicability to Malaysian Standards of accessibility. The areas of study include disability and accessibility issues, current accessibility system in Malaysia, Malaysian Standards and universal design implementation in built environment, and the importance of public buildings in Putrajaya. Site observation involving facilities measurement and photographic documentation was conducted in ßve signißcant public buildings in this city. The ßndings of this study may be used as reference to designers and building managements in providing adequate accessible facilities for the buildings’ visitors.
 
 Keywords: persons with disabilities, Malaysian Standards of accessibility, barrier-free/universal design
 eISSN 2514-751X © 2018. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open-access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.
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Abdul Kadir, Syazwani, and Mariam Jamaludin. "The Significance of Staff Assistance in Accessibility of Public Buildings." Asian Journal of Quality of Life 3, no. 9 (2018): 175. http://dx.doi.org/10.21834/ajqol.v3i9.88.

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This study intends to discuss the issue of public attitude towards PWD and the significance of staff assistance in public buildings. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with visually-impaired person, hearing-impaired person, wheelchair user and crutches user to find out their concerns on the accessibility of public buildings they assessed prior to the interview session. Findings show that other than the physical facilities, another important aspect of accessibility in a public building is staff assistance or hospitality towards visitors with disability. Public buildings should be able to cater the needs of all visitors, through physical and hospitality aspects of the building.Keywords: Staff assistance; accessibility; persons with disabilities (PWD); public buildingseISSN 2398-4279 © 2018. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open-access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.
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Meng Hooi, Phan, and Naziaty Mohd Yaacob. "Accessibility for Physically Challenged Persons in Heritage Buildings." Journal of Design and Built Environment 19, no. 1 (2019): 24–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.22452/jdbe.vol19no1.3.

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Balado, J., L. Díaz-Vilariño, P. Arias, and I. Garrido. "POINT CLOUDS TO INDOOR/OUTDOOR ACCESSIBILITY DIAGNOSIS." ISPRS Annals of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences IV-2/W4 (September 13, 2017): 287–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-iv-2-w4-287-2017.

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This work presents an approach to automatically detect structural floor elements such as steps or ramps in the immediate environment of buildings, elements that may affect the accessibility to buildings. The methodology is based on Mobile Laser Scanner (MLS) point cloud and trajectory information. First, the street is segmented in stretches along the trajectory of the MLS to work in regular spaces. Next, the lower region of each stretch (the ground zone) is selected as the ROI and normal, curvature and tilt are calculated for each point. With this information, points in the ROI are classified in horizontal, inclined or vertical. Points are refined and grouped in structural elements using raster process and connected components in different phases for each type of previously classified points. At last, the trajectory data is used to distinguish between road and sidewalks. Adjacency information is used to classify structural elements in steps, ramps, curbs and curb-ramps. The methodology is tested in a real case study, consisting of 100 m of an urban street. Ground elements are correctly classified in an acceptable computation time. Steps and ramps also are exported to GIS software to enrich building models from Open Street Map with information about accessible/inaccessible entrances and their locations.
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Syafi'ie, M. "Pemenuhan Aksesibilitas Bagi Penyandang Disabilitas." INKLUSI 1, no. 2 (2014): 269. http://dx.doi.org/10.14421/ijds.010208.

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Accessibility is a very pivotal discourse for people with dissabilities as it encourages their equal participation and independence in the society. Accessibility, in this paper, is divided into 2 (two) kinds, which are physical and nonphysical one. The physical accessibility refers to accesibilty in the relations with buildings and environment whereas the nonphysical one corresponds to communication, information and technology. This paper also reveals testimony from various activists of DPOs (disabled people organizations). The data presented here was collected in 2012 through qualitative study in DIY (Yogyakarta Special Province). The paper concludes that eventhough Indonesia has been enacted regulations on accessibilty to people with disabilities, its implementation is ineffectice and discrimination still occurs to the population.
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Merciu, Cristina, Ioan Ianos, George-Laurenţiu Merciu, Roy Jones, and George Pomeroy. "Mapping accessibility for earthquake hazard response in the historic urban centre of Bucharest." Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 18, no. 7 (2018): 2011–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-2011-2018.

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Abstract. Planning for post-disaster accessibility is essential for the provision of emergency and other services to protect life and property in impacted areas. Such planning is particularly important in congested historic districts where narrow streets and at-risk structures are more common and may even prevail. Indeed, a standard method of measuring accessibility, through the use of isochrones, may be particularly inappropriate in these congested historic areas. Bucharest, Romania, is a city with a core of historic buildings and narrow streets. Furthermore, Bucharest ranks second only to Istanbul among large European cities in terms of its seismic risk. This paper provides an accessibility simulation for central Bucharest using mapping and geographic information system (GIS) technologies. It hypothesizes that all buildings in the risk 1 class would collapse in an earthquake of a similar magnitude to those of 1940 and 1977. The authors then simulate accessibility impacts in the historic centre of Bucharest, such as the isolation of certain areas and blockages of some street sections. In this simulation, accessibility will be substantially compromised by anticipated and extensive building collapse. Therefore, policy makers and planners need to fully understand and incorporate the serious implications of this compromised accessibility when planning emergency services and disaster recovery responses.
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Maigua, Mwaura Isaac. "The extent of accessibility of public buildings to persons with disabilities in Kenya." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1017098.

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Many countries in the world have in recent years developed measures to increase accessibility to the built environment for persons with disabilities. Of particular concern are facilities such as roads, railways and public premises. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities (CRPD) confers accessibility as a right and gives responsibility to state parties to ensure to persons with disabilities (PWDs) a barrier free environment. The Constitution of Kenya (2010) states that PWDs have a right to facilities including educational that integrate their needs. The Person With Disabilities Act (2003) provides for mechanisms through which such enforcements can be enacted. The body responsible for implementing the Act has developed minimum accessibility guidelines to inform this endeavor as part of Kenya‟s dream of becoming a middle income economy by the year 2030. This research report/treatise details the findings of a pilot baseline survey study conducted in Nairobi, Kisumu and Mombasa Cities.
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Yaacob, Naziaty Mohd. "Accessibility to historic and listed public buildings : the development control process in England and Wales." Thesis, University of Salford, 2008. http://usir.salford.ac.uk/26974/.

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In this policy-relevant thesis, the findings also revealed implications in conservation practice. Conservation importance takes precedence over the importance of Accessibility in the regulative framework of development control process, although Accessibility is placed with some importance. This is the main result of the findings from a triangulated study using a Single Case study to validate the findings obtained from the Survey Method using Interviews and Delphi Method conducted on the mechanisms of development processes on the Development Control Process in England and Wales. Accessibility to Historic and Listed Public Buildings involves the practice of conservation, which is accommodating the needs of disabled people to access and use of the facilities provided in historical premises. The implications also include aspects of design, management and operations of the historic building and its services. My study took into account the Accessibility and Inclusive Design development in the United Kingdom since the start of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 until 2005 when the data collection stage was completed. This was when governmental initiatives to include disabled people in mainstream public activities were implemented by the adoption of the Social Model of Disability in U.K. government policies, the establishment of the rights based legislation and the creation of influential financial support for the active reusing of historic buildings by including access plans in applications for the Heritage Lottery Fund. Concurrently, the efforts in adding the value of accessibility to existing historic buildings in many urban regenerated areas in England and Wales involved the stakeholders, local government, the client and their representatives to the development process including heritage service providers. The research aim of my thesis is to ascertain whether the mechanisms used in the development control process and the non development control process were able to contribute in achieving accessibility to historic public buildings in England and Wales.
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Linemar, Samuel, and Fredrik Ström. "Tillgänglighetsanpassning av entréer vid Högskolan i Gävle : För personer med nedsatt orienteringsförmåga." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för bygg- energi- och miljöteknik, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-21565.

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Från en tidigare studie angående tillgängligheten vid Högskolan i Gävle för personermed rörelsehinder rekommenderades det att en liknande studie för personer med nedsattorienteringsförmåga borde göras. Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka omHögskolan i Gävles entréer är tillgänglighetsanpassade för personer med nedsattorienteringsförmåga. Inventeringen grundas från BBR:s kapitel om tillgänglighet ochdess allmänna råd. I studien inventeras tolv utvalda entréer på Högskolan i Gävle.Studien presenterar även ändringsförslag i form av ritningar för att visa hur entréernakan bli tillgänglighetsanpassade samt en kostnadskalkyl för ändringarna angående deutvalda entréerna. För att få en helhetsbild över problemen utfördes det även enlaboration samt en intervju med Gävle kommuns tillgänglighetssamordnare. Resultatetav studien visade att Högskolan i Gävles entréer har brister i tillgängligheten förpersoner med nedsatt orienteringsförmåga. Ett stort problem som upptäcktes varavsaknaden av skyltar vilket försvårar orienteringen på Högskolan i Gävles område. Detpåvisades även att kontrastmarkeringarna för skolans entréer var slitna, liksombristfällig belysning. Resultaten visar att Högskolan i Gävle behöver vissaförbättringsåtgärder för att få skolan tillgänglig för alla. Avgränsningar som gjorts istudien är att det är enbart de tolv största entréerna på skolan som undersökts och attsvårigheten att hitta testpersoner till laborationen medförde att den fick utföras av osssjälva.<br>From a former study, regarding the accessibility for persons with reduced mobility, itwas recommended that a similar study regarding the accessibility for persons withorientation disabilities should take place. The aim of this study is to investigate if theentrances of the University of Gävle are accessible for persons with orientationdisabilities. The inventory of the study is based on BBR’s accessibility chapter and itscommon advice. In the study, twelve of the entrances at the University of Gävle wereexamined. The study also presents proposals to change the entrances in form of floorplans to illustrate how to make them accessible. The study also includes an estimatedcost for the whole change. In the study, a laboratory and an interview with theaccessibility coordinator of the Community of Gävle also occur. The result of the studyshowed that the entrances of the University of Gävle have flaws with the accessibilityfor persons with orientation disabilities. One of the main problems that was discoveredwas the lack of signs which makes the orientation more difficult. Another problem thatwas discovered was the condition of the contrast markings. They were all worn. It wasalso observed that the lightning of the building was inadequate. The results show thatthe University of Gävle has some improvements to do, to get the school accessible foreveryone. Delimitations that have been done to this study is that there are only thetwelve main entrances that have been examined. It was also difficult to find test personswith orientation disabilities to the experiment. Therefore, we performed the experiment.
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Kuykendall, Rene D. "Americans with Disabilities Act, title III compliance." Thesis, This resource online, 1995. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-03032009-041012/.

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Alfons, Linda, and Katarina Huotila. "Erfarenheter av att arbeta med tillgänglighet vid uppförandet av publika lokaler." Thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Institutionen för hälsa, lärande och teknik, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-84906.

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Syftet med studien var att beskriva erfarenheter av tillgänglighetsarbete hos personer somvarit delaktiga i byggprocessen för två nyuppförda byggnader med publika lokaler. En kvalitativ forskningsansats valdes som metod för att få en helhetsförståelse för de tankar som ligger till grund för tillgänglighetsarbetet vid uppförandet av byggnader med publika lokaler. Semistrukturerade intervjuer genomfördes och materialet analyserades med kvalitativ innehållsanalys. Tre kategorier utkristalliserade sig i resultatet: Vem förväntas ha kunskap om tillgänglighet och när, Prioriteringar i byggprocessen samt Tillgänglighetsåtgärder är komplexa trots lagar och riktlinjer. Resultatet tydde på att kunskapen om tillgänglighet och om målgrupper med olika typer av funktionsnedsättningar varierade samt att det fanns en otillräcklig kunskap om användbarhet, vilket skulle kunna leda till sämre delaktighet för målgrupperna. Synen på vilka tillgänglighet är till för var ofta begränsad till personer med rörelsehinder och synnedsättning. Den slutsats som kunde dras var att ett aktivitetsperspektiv på tillgänglighet, det vill säga användbarhet, skulle kunna bidra till ökad delaktighet för fler grupper i samhället.<br>The purpose of the study was to describe the experiences of persons working with accessibility and participating in the building process of two newly constructed buildings containing public spaces. A qualitative study was chosen as method, to obtain a holistic understanding of the ideas that are the foundation/basis of accessibility work in the construction of public buildings. Semi-structured interviews were used and the material was analyzed with qualitative content analysis. Three categories was the result: Who are expected to have knowledge and when, Priorities in the building process and Complex accessibility despite laws and regulations. The result showed that the knowledge of accessibility and targetgroups with different types of impairments varied, and that the knowledge of usability was insufficient, which could lead to a lack of participation for target groups. The view on who accessibility was for was often limited to people with mobility impairments and people with visual impairments. The conclusion drawn was that an activity perspective on accessibility, i.e usability, could contribute to the participation of more target groups in society.
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Dagnäs, Klara. "Tillgänglighetens påverkan på kulturvärden i statliga byggnadsminnen." Thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och naturresurser, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-63272.

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There is a great determination towards an increased accessibility in today’s society.  This creates some problems, when the building in question is a historic building of cultural significance, due to legislations and protective regulations. This thesis is executed as research for The National Property Board Sweden (SFV), who deals with these kinds of difficulties daily. The objective of this theses was to explore the influence of accessibility adaptation on cultural values in historic buildings from the 19th century, with a focus on doorways. The aim is also to identify possible faults and weaknesses that could cause a loss in cultural values. The study is based on a literature review and observations of eight doorways in the historical buildings Gamla Riksarkivet, Kungliga Operan, Linneanum and Uppsala Universitetshus. For each doorway actions and procedures have been identified and categorized based on the affected cultural values using two different evaluation models. The visual changes are, according to the result, the most frequent reason behind the affected cultural values that has been studied. The increase in social reforms and legislation about accessibility are the result of a changing society that has altered its preceptions of disabilities. This could be traced back as one of the major reasons that might be behind the loss of cultural values. Accessible environments are important, we should however consider that the cultural heritage is poorly accessible for a reason. It has been discovered that the studied archive files and documents have a lack of information, what actions and procedures the building had endured are vague. The amount of details explaining the procedures and justification of the actions are also limited, especially in the permit applications from SFV and its resolve from RAÄ. In order to facilitate the issue of how the legislation for accessibility and cultural values should ​​be interpreted, policy documents of how the laws should relate to each other are required.<br>I dagens samhälle finns en stark drivkraft för att göra samhället så tillgängligt som möjligt för människor med olika funktionsnedsättningar. Det skapar en problematik när det kommer till Sveriges kulturarv, som skyddas av olika lagar, förordningar och skyddsföreskrifter. Arbetet utfördes åt statens fastighetsverk, som är en av Sveriges största myndigheter, vad gäller förvaltning av kulturfastigheter och dagligen brottas med denna problematik. Syftet med arbetet var att undersöka hur kulturvärden i dörrmiljöer hos statliga byggnadsminnen från 1800-talet påverkas i samband med åtgärder för att förbättra tillgängligheten. Målet var även att identifiera eventuella brister eller oväntade anledningar till att kulturvärden kan gå förlorade. Studien grundas på dokument- och fallstudier, som genomförts på totalt åtta dörrmiljöer i byggnaderna Gamla Riksarkivet, Kungliga Operan, Linneanum och Uppsala Universitetshus. För varje dörrmiljö har åtgärder och ingrepp som utförts identifierats. Därefter har en värdering och tolkning genomförts, utifrån två olika värderingsmodeller, av vilka kulturvärden som påverkats. Resultatet visar, att det är de visuella förändringarna, som påverkat kulturvärdena hos dörrmiljöerna i de flesta fall. Förändringarna i samhället och vår uppfattning av funktionsnedsättningar har drivit igenom de sociala reformer, som ursprungligen lett till förlusterna av kulturvärden. Samtidigt som tillgänglighet är en viktig fråga, bör vi ta hänsyn till faktumet att kulturarvet är dåligt anpassat för funktionshindrade av en anledning. I dokumentation och arkivhandlingar, som studerats, finns en tydlig brist kring vilka ingrepp som genomförts på byggnaderna sedan dess uppförande. Det är även en mycket låg detaljeringsnivå på de förklaringar och motiveringar, som finns i de tillståndsansökningar och beslut, som studerats från SFV och RAÄ. För att underlätta problematiken kring hur lagstiftningen för tillgänglighet och kulturvärden tolkas, bör bestämmelser och styrdokument för hur de olika lagstiftningarna ska förhålla sig till varandra tas fram.
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Sevuk, Muhammet Sancar. "Evaluating Two Shopping Centers In The Light Of Principles Of Universal Design." Master's thesis, METU, 2011. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12613226/index.pdf.

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EVALUATING TWO SHOPPING CENTERS IN THE LIGHT OF PRINCIPLES OF UNIVERSAL DESIGN Sev&uuml<br>k, Muhammet Sancar M. of Arch., Department of Architecture Supervisor of the thesis: Prof. Dr. Vacit Imamoglu April 2011, 156 Pages Starting from the second half of the 20th century, the number of aged people and people with aging-related disabilities has increased significantly in the world. Parallel to this increase, special projects have been developed for aged people in the developed countries, but with these projects aged people were often excluded from society. People with disabilities were already living isolated from society. With the effect of raising awareness in the public after the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, in the course of the last sixty years studies have been realized and new standards and principles have been developed for elderly people and people with disabilities to benefit from the social life equally together with everyone and to raise their quality of life. Starting with the barrier-free design approach, a new period improving and changing the view point of design from general and private design to design for all, to inclusive and/or the universal design has begun. In the thesis, this period has been reviewed through the summarized definitions of these stages. The effects of these improvements have been related to the design and construction of the built environments and buildings. Therefore, people with disabilities started to participate in the society more than ever. The implementation of principles of the Universal Design in the public buildings, especially to hospitals, cultural centers and shopping centers has gained more importance in order to advance full social integration of people with disabilities to the society. Number of shopping centers in Turkey increased rapidly after 1995. In this thesis, two examples were examined and evaluated in the light of universal design principles. The problems faced in these buildings were examined in order to design more inclusive buildings and environments. A brief history of shopping centers was presented. Brief information about some examples of old bazaars from Anatolia and shopping centers from different countries were given.
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Gabriely, Alexandre Oliveira. "Edifícios públicos tombados e a acessibilidade para pessoas com deficiência: um olhar multidisciplinar." Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, 2007. http://tede.mackenzie.br/jspui/handle/tede/1658.

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Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-15T19:40:23Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Alexandre Oliveira Gabriely.pdf: 531309 bytes, checksum: 43b7baa92cde22c2f49622a0f017a69b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-09-18<br>Fundo Mackenzie de Pesquisa<br>This work considers to study the social inclusion of the person with physical deficiency or mobility reduced in overthrown public buildings in the city of São Paulo. It involves theoretical research and of field. The theoretical research developed through the literary revision on the conceptualization of physical deficiency or reduced mobility, the conceptualization of public and private space, the falling, the accessibility and the social inclusion with emphasis in two areas: education and culture. The field research was carried through in two overthrown public buildings, with the application of interviews halfstructuralized with controllers and servers, whose proposal was to investigate the question of the social inclusion for people with physical deficiency or reduced mobility to the place that, for being tumbled, possess specific legislation of conservation, what it can make it difficult the necessary adaptations and the elimination of barriers. Over all, the field research was an indispensable tool to analyze the atitudinal question of controllers and servers in relation to the attendance and the promotion of the accessibility for the people with physical deficiency or mobility reduced in its dependences. The data gotten for the field research had been classified, selected and collated with the theoretical research, becoming after that the analyses. The research concludes that falling cannot be confused with plastering and evidences the necessity and importance of the information, the knowledge and the interactions with people with deficiency as elements facilitators of the felt accessibility in its amplest one.<br>Este trabalho propõe estudar a inclusão social da pessoa com deficiência física ou mobilidade reduzida em edifícios públicos tombados na cidade de São Paulo. O trabalho envolve pesquisa teórica e de campo. A pesquisa teórica desenvolveu-se através da revisão literária sobre a conceituação de deficiência física ou mobilidade reduzida, a conceituação de espaço público e de espaço privado, o tombamento, a acessibilidade e a inclusão social com ênfase em duas áreas: educação e cultura. A pesquisa de campo foi realizada em dois edifícios públicos tombados, com a aplicação de entrevistas semi-estruturadas com dirigentes e servidores, cuja proposta foi investigar a questão da inclusão social para pessoas com deficiência física ou mobilidade reduzida ao local que, por serem tombados, possuem legislação específica de conservação, o que pode dificultar as adaptações necessárias e a eliminação de barreiras. Sobretudo, a pesquisa de campo foi uma ferramenta indispensável para analisar a questão atitudinal de dirigentes e servidores em relação ao atendimento e a promoção da acessibilidade para as pessoas com deficiência física ou mobilidade reduzida em suas dependências. Os dados obtidos pela pesquisa de campo foram classificados, selecionados e confrontados com a pesquisa teórica, fazendo-se em seguida as análises. A pesquisa conclui que tombamento não pode ser confundido com engessamento e evidencia a necessidade e importância da informação, do conhecimento e das interações com pessoas com deficiência como elementos facilitadores da acessibilidade em seu mais amplo sentido.
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Axelsson, Johanna, and Stefania Lacalendola. "Kulturarvets själ och karaktär jämlik för alla : en studie om till- och frångänglighet i Kalmar residens." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för byggteknik (BY), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-76430.

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Detta arbete har genomförts för att visa att det går att kombinera tillgänglighet och frångänglighetslösningar i ett skyddat kulturminne, i detta fall just Kalmar residens, utan att förvanska byggnaden.  Arbetet utfördes som en fallstudie. Genom att studera lagar, förordningar och regler samt intervjua sakkunniga och jämföra lösningar på andra byggnadsminnen skall residenset bli tillgängligt. Målet med detta arbete är att leverera ett lösningsförslag. Förslaget skall också kunna användas som inspiration till framtida projekteringar av liknande komplexa slag.  Studien resulterade i att det finns behov av mer lagar samt regler om frångänglighet och att tillgänglighet är en aspekt som borde tas mer hänsyn till i kulturarvsbyggnader. Det är viktigt att alla skall kunna ta del av samhället på samma villkor.<br>This analysis has been conducted to show that it is possible to combine accessibility, accessible evacuation and cultural heritage buildings, in this case especially Kalmar residence, without distorting the building.  The study was performed as a case study. By studying laws, regulations and rules as well as interviewing experts and comparing solutions with other buildings, the residence will become accessible. The aim of this work is to deliver a solution proposal. This proposal should also be used as an inspiration for future projects of similar complex types.  The study has come to the conclusion that there is a need for more laws and rules on accessible evacuation and that accessibility is an aspect that should be taken more into consideration in cultural heritage buildings. It is important that everyone can take part in society on an equal basis.
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Lindén, Philip. "Improving accessibility to the bus service : Building an accessibility measurement tool in QGIS." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för geografi, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-185145.

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Satisfactory public transportation (PT) should enable people to reach attractive destinations and desired activities fast, comfortably, safely, and affordably. When PT fails to do so it will have negative effects on the overall accessibility in a society. Evaluating a PT system essentially means measuring to what extent the demand from the users is met, and for such an analysis understanding the concept of accessibility is paramount. Whether an individual will experience a high or a low level of accessibility will likely depend on their personal capabilities, as well as on the surrounding environment. Barriers obstructing an individual from using PT could for example be of physical of phycological nature or come in the shape of public space management disproportionally favoring certain groups of society. Low accessibility can thus be linked to social exclusion, since when a person cannot reach important destinations, their chances to participate in society will be subdued. To measure the accessibility of a PT system, and how a PT system affects the overall accessibility of a destination, it is common practice to use indicators that can represent different categories of social exclusion. This approach was the basis for constructing the performance measurement tool called Bus Stop Ranking Algorithm (BSRA) which was created in the QGIS application Graphical Modeler. BSRA calculates the usefulness of bus stops by counting the number of vulnerable groups, the number of workplaces, and the total population within comfortable walking distance from bus stops, as well as comparing travel times by car and bicycle from residential areas to important locations. The tool was ordered by a private PT company which will use it to make decisions regarding e.g., creating new bus stops, or for relocating, removing, or redesigning existing bus stops or bus routes. The Swedish municipality Lidingö was used as the study area to demonstrate how to use BSRA and how to interpret its output. Using equal weights for all indicators, it was discovered that 9 bus stops in the southern part of Lidingö could be regarded as particularly useful compared to the other 207 bus stops in the municipality. Variables such as the space-temporal component, i.e., changes during the day were not used. Socio economic factors such as segregation were also not highlighted, since all indicators had the same effect on the total scores. Adjusting the weights for some indicators could expose underlying dynamics affecting the total scores for the bus stops and help the PT company make design changes where they will be needed the most.
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Board, National Rehabilitation. Architecture / accessibility. National Rehabilitation Board, 1985.

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Episcopal Church. Task Force on Accessibility. Accessibility guidelines for Episcopal churches. Edited by Ramnarine Barbara and Hawkins-Shepard Charlotte. Task Force on Accessibility, 1986.

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Designing for accessibility. 2nd ed. RIBA Publishing, 2012.

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Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board and Adaptive Environments Center (U.S.), eds. UFAS accessibility checklist. The Board, 1990.

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Woodward, Jay. 2012 accessibility study companion. International Code Council, 2011.

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Florida. Florida accessibility code for building construction. Florida Dept. of Community Affairs, 1997.

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Environments, Centre for Accessible, ed. Designing for accessibility: An essential guide for public buildings. 2nd ed. Centre for Accessible Environments, 1999.

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Goltsman, Susan M. The accessibility checklist: An evaluation system for buildings and outdoor settings. MIG Communications, 1992.

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A, Gilbert Timothy, and Wohlford Steven D, eds. The accessibility checklist: An evaluation system for buildings and outdoor settings. 2nd ed. MIG Communications, 1993.

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Canadian Commission on Building and Fire Codes. User's guide-NBC 1995: Fire protection, occupant safety and accessibility (part 3). Institute for Research in Construction, 1997.

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Calvet, Juliane, and Júlia Abrahão. "Ergonomic Accessibility Assessment in Mixed-Use Buildings." In Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing. Springer International Publishing, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96071-5_162.

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Simon, Laís Soares Pereira, Alexandre Amorim dos Reis, and Milton José Cinelli. "Accessibility of Buildings of Historical and Cultural Interest." In Human Interaction, Emerging Technologies and Future Systems V. Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85540-6_29.

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Santana, Gabriela Pires, Mariel de Melo Pinheiro, Victoria Oliveira Santos Leite, and Larissa Scarano Pereira Matos da Silva. "Antonio Franco Market: Case Study on Accessibility in Public Buildings." In Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing. Springer International Publishing, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96071-5_171.

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Masły, Dariusz, and Michał Sitek. "Analysis of Natural Lighting with Regard to Design of Sustainable Office Buildings in Poland." In Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Design for All and Accessibility Practice. Springer International Publishing, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07509-9_22.

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Garofalo, Emanuele, Antonio Liccardi, and Michele Aponte. "Accessibility and Globalization." In Building Windows 8.1 Apps from the Ground Up. Apress, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-4702-9_10.

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García-Quismondo, A., and Andrés Montoyo Guijarro. "Information System for Architectural Accessibility (ISAA)." In Construction and Building Research. Springer Netherlands, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7790-3_42.

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Marshall, Gail, and Mikko Ruohonen. "Discussion Group 6 — Building resource accessibility in developing countries." In Capacity Building for IT in Education in Developing Countries. Springer US, 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35195-7_39.

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Gilbert, Regine M. "Building a Vision for the Future: Design Strategies for Accessibility." In Inclusive Design for a Digital World. Apress, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5016-7_5.

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Urbanik, Jadwiga. "Notheime – Ergonomically Designed Crisis Houses of the Building Cooperative “Schlesische Heimstätte”." In Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Design for All and Accessibility Practice. Springer International Publishing, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07509-9_29.

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Gil, Jorge. "Building a Multimodal Urban Network Model Using OpenStreetMap Data for the Analysis of Sustainable Accessibility." In Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography. Springer International Publishing, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14280-7_12.

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Conference papers on the topic "Accessibility in buildings"

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Wibawa, Baju Arie, and Kurnia Widiastuti. "Evaluation of Accessibility with Wheelchairs Approach for Educational Buildings." In 2nd International Conference on Education and Social Science Research (ICESRE 2019). Atlantis Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200318.040.

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Giacometti, V. "Heritage Accessibility: inclusive design solutions for Palazzo San Felice in Pavia." In REHAB 2014 - International Conference on Preservation, Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Historical Buildings and Structures. Green Lines Institute for Sustainable Development, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.14575/gl/rehab2014/084.

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Greco, A. "Accessibility of historical urban spaces: methods and solutions for all users." In REHAB 2014 - International Conference on Preservation, Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Historical Buildings and Structures. Green Lines Institute for Sustainable Development, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.14575/gl/rehab2014/085.

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Engel, Christin, Karin Müller, Angela Constantinescu, et al. "Travelling more independently: A Requirements Analysis for Accessible Journeys to Unknown Buildings for People with Visual Impairments." In ASSETS '20: The 22nd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility. ACM, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3373625.3417022.

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Pabón Dueñas, Ana Belén. "PATHER and GPS Together to Improve Transport Efficiency." In CIT2016. Congreso de Ingeniería del Transporte. Universitat Politècnica València, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/cit2016.2016.4103.

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The new PATHER system becomes the perfect partner of GPS, so that the user gets a real positioning system when this is needed. This also includes positioning inside buildings. PATHER is based on Techno-accessibility and takes the concept of transport a step ahead, until developing a set of actions and providing services, in order to increase user information. Using this system provides each individual the opportunity to feel confident and independent, regardless of their physical condition, because the system is able to act in many situations providing the user information necessary for optimal transport.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/CIT2016.2016.4103
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Balestra, Rodrigo, Amilton Arruda, Pablo Bezerra, and Isabela Moroni. "Practical urban: The urbanity and its relationship with the contemporary city." In Systems & Design: Beyond Processes and Thinking. Universitat Politècnica València, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/ifdp.2016.3291.

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As the Industrial Revolution took place and steam driven machines emerged in the 18th century, the Industrial Age began and cities became the core of industrial and populational growth. That phenomena occurred as the job opportunities and quality of life increasingly developed away from the countryside, with the arrival of electricity and inventions such as the light bulb, thanks to important people like Sir Joseph Swan and Thomas Edison. The city, therefore, can be looked in two different ways: the urban space, occupied with tangible elements, and the social environment, filled with urban practices and cohabitation. An essential matter in many disciplines, the city is a recurrent topic for researchers who seek to understand this phenomenon of human activities. The history behind the rise of the cities show tell us about the creation of urban spaces and its manifestations, functions, transformations and the complexity inherent to the various typologies in cities all over the world. The city is a scenario full of overlapping messages that characterize the accessibility and urban communication. This is defined by Nojima (1999) as the result of the interaction between social representations and the scenario where they occur. It is through the interpretation of these messages that are manifested in the urban design accessible from cities (streets, buildings, gardens, squares, furnitures), that the individual defines the elements that identify their city. This paper discovery the concepts of city and their accessibility relationships with urban practices - design of urban activity - that directly influence the implementation of urban furniture and, above all, the importance given to them by the population, with regard to its true functions (adequacy, accessibility, ergonomics, identity and others) of their uses and appropriations. It is important for the study also understand the urban furniture relation with the project of cities - is to complement the public space or the way how interferes the urban landscape. It is need to understand how society is shown in front of herself and the world itself that surrounds and what are the affective devices that make city living when connected - through the use - therefore, this is the powerfull forces of individuals and community , space practices created by the tactics of the population to allow theirs ambiance, wellness, safety and comfort, sensations often perceived by the set of elements that constitute the urban furniture of cities.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/IFDP.2016.3291
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Thomsen, Christian, and Torben Bach Pedersen. "Building a web warehouse for accessibility data." In the 9th ACM international workshop. ACM Press, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1183512.1183522.

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Holloway, Leona, Kirsten Ellis, and Louise Curtin. "Building Capacity." In ASSETS '19: The 21st International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility. ACM, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3308561.3354619.

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Pérez-delHoyo, Raquel, María Dolores Andújar-Montoya, Higinio Mora, and Virgilio Gilart-Iglesias. "Urban and Building Accessibility Diagnosis using ‘Accessibility App’ in Smart Cities - A Case Study." In 6th International Conference on Smart Cities and Green ICT Systems. SCITEPRESS - Science and Technology Publications, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.5220/0006378300990108.

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Sundborg, Bengt. "Making the Most of Daylight in Town Planning." In 24th ISUF 2017 - City and Territory in the Globalization Age. Universitat Politècnica València, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/isuf2017.2017.6687.

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Making the most of daylight in town planning is one of the important ingredients in the attempts for the sustainable city. Exactly 150 years ago Ildefons Cerdà presented his great work “Teoría General de la Urbanización” including methods for taking care of sunlight. However, with modern software, the possibilities to do comprehensive preparations are much better. This paper presents an urban typology considering daylight with basic geometric forms, shapes and patterns. Later this will be elaborated more in detail. The research includes three steps; choosing typical alternatives for settlements and designing some new principle urban solutions, calculations and evaluations of the alternatives considering especially energy saving. The quality and the quantity of daylight are dependent of the geometry of the urban spaces. That means the volumes for the buildings as well as the empty spaces in between. The accessibility for diffuse daylight from the sky and for direct rays from the sun is measurable by computer calculations where the sun angles and the skylight from the hemisphere are simulated. Relevant parameters are height, width and length. In a settlement with a high urban density it is more difficult to distribute daylight than in a settlement with low density. However the economy for exploitations is also worse with lower density. Therefore the comparisons between different settlements are with the same density. The orientation of the settlements according to the compass is of crucial importance looking to the direct sunlight and the shadows. How the local environment with parks, water, mountains and specific landmarks in the surroundings also affects the daylight distribution is included.References (100 words) Dubois, M.-C., Gentile, N., Amorim, C., Osterhaus, W., Stoffer, S.,Jakobiak, R., Geisler-Moroder, D., Matusiak, B., Onarheim, F. M., Tetri, E. (2016) Performance Evaluation of Lighting and Daylighting Retrofits: Results from IEA SHC Task 50. (Energy Procedia. vol. 91). Littefair, P. J. (2011) Site layout planning for daylight and sunlight: a guide to good practice (BRE, Building Research Establishment, IHS BRE Press, Watford). Rode, P., Keim, C., Robazza, G., Viejo, P. and Schofield, J. (2014) Cities and energy: urban morphology and heat energy demand (LSE, London School of Economics, Cities and EIFER, European Institute for Energy Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, London).
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Idris, Iffat. Increasing Birth Registration for Children of Marginalised Groups in Pakistan. Institute of Development Studies (IDS), 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/k4d.2021.102.

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This review looks at approaches to promote birth registration among marginalised groups, in order to inform programming in Pakistan. It draws on a mixture of academic and grey literature, in particular reports by international development organizations. While there is extensive literature on rates of birth registration and the barriers to this, and consensus on approaches to promote registration, the review found less evidence of measures specifically aimed at marginalised groups. Gender issues are addressed to some extent, particularly in understanding barriers to registration, but the literature was largely disability-blind. The literature notes that birth registration is considered as a fundamental human right, allowing access to services such as healthcare and education; it is the basis for obtaining other identity documents, e.g. driving licenses and passports; it protects children, e.g. from child marriage; and it enables production of vital statistics to support government planning and resource allocation. Registration rates are generally lower than average for vulnerable children, e.g. from minority groups, migrants, refugees, children with disabilities. Discriminatory policies against minorities, restrictions on movement, lack of resources, and lack of trust in government are among the ‘additional’ barriers affecting the most marginalised. Women, especially unmarried women, also face greater challenges in getting births registered. General approaches to promoting birth registration include legal and policy reform, awareness-raising activities, capacity building of registration offices, integration of birth registration with health services/education/social safety nets, and the use of digital technology to increase efficiency and accessibility.
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