Access audit in religious buildings and public spaces in old Damascus city in Syria

Certain numbers of issues regarding lack of facilities in providing the user friendly environment for the people with disabilities (PWDs) has been raised by various societies of the disabled as they a/so need access to these public spaces such as the religious building, public toilets and other publ...

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Main Authors:	Zen, Ismawi, Abdul Rahim, Asiah, Abu Bakar, Aniza, Abdullah, Fadzidah
Format:	Book
Language:	English English
Published:	IIUM Press, IIUM 2012
Subjects:	NA Architecture NA190 History NA2695 Architectural drawing and design
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/30926/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/30926/2/4b_cp4N.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/30926/5/fadzidah_Syria_Uni_Design.pdf

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spelling	iium-309262013-09-18T04:28:11Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/30926/ Access audit in religious buildings and public spaces in old Damascus city in Syria Zen, Ismawi Abdul Rahim, Asiah Abu Bakar, Aniza Abdullah, Fadzidah NA Architecture NA190 History NA2695 Architectural drawing and design Certain numbers of issues regarding lack of facilities in providing the user friendly environment for the people with disabilities (PWDs) has been raised by various societies of the disabled as they a/so need access to these public spaces such as the religious building, public toilets and other public spaces especially in heritage areas including recreational areas. Outdoor environment is as important as the internal environment that should be considered the typical needs of a various users. Elements of the outdoor environment are such as landscape, hardscape, street furniture, public facilities, gardens, open spaces and courtyards. Therefore, it is important to have accessible built environments to the aged and persons with disabilities to enable them to move independently without any assistance and make them feel they are part of the society. The research aim is to determine the need of the PWDs and the aged, for their outdoor living environment as well as the suitable facilities to be provided for them in public spaces of the Old Damascus, Syria. it is hoped that the access audit done in Old Damascus, Syria will benefited in generating more ideas of improving the current condition of heritage areas, which can be relevant to the public realms in Malaysia and other parts of the Muslim world. IIUM Press, IIUM 2012-11-28 Book PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/30926/2/4b_cp4N.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/30926/5/fadzidah_Syria_Uni_Design.pdf Zen, Ismawi and Abdul Rahim, Asiah and Abu Bakar, Aniza and Abdullah, Fadzidah (2012) Access audit in religious buildings and public spaces in old Damascus city in Syria. IIUM Press, IIUM, Kuala Lumpur, pp. 64-118. ISBN 978-967-418-262-5
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spellingShingle	NA Architecture NA190 History NA2695 Architectural drawing and design Zen, Ismawi Abdul Rahim, Asiah Abu Bakar, Aniza Abdullah, Fadzidah Access audit in religious buildings and public spaces in old Damascus city in Syria
description	Certain numbers of issues regarding lack of facilities in providing the user friendly environment for the people with disabilities (PWDs) has been raised by various societies of the disabled as they a/so need access to these public spaces such as the religious building, public toilets and other public spaces especially in heritage areas including recreational areas. Outdoor environment is as important as the internal environment that should be considered the typical needs of a various users. Elements of the outdoor environment are such as landscape, hardscape, street furniture, public facilities, gardens, open spaces and courtyards. Therefore, it is important to have accessible built environments to the aged and persons with disabilities to enable them to move independently without any assistance and make them feel they are part of the society. The research aim is to determine the need of the PWDs and the aged, for their outdoor living environment as well as the suitable facilities to be provided for them in public spaces of the Old Damascus, Syria. it is hoped that the access audit done in Old Damascus, Syria will benefited in generating more ideas of improving the current condition of heritage areas, which can be relevant to the public realms in Malaysia and other parts of the Muslim world.
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author	Zen, Ismawi Abdul Rahim, Asiah Abu Bakar, Aniza Abdullah, Fadzidah
author_facet	Zen, Ismawi Abdul Rahim, Asiah Abu Bakar, Aniza Abdullah, Fadzidah
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title	Access audit in religious buildings and public spaces in old Damascus city in Syria
title_short	Access audit in religious buildings and public spaces in old Damascus city in Syria
title_full	Access audit in religious buildings and public spaces in old Damascus city in Syria
title_fullStr	Access audit in religious buildings and public spaces in old Damascus city in Syria
title_full_unstemmed	Access audit in religious buildings and public spaces in old Damascus city in Syria
title_sort	access audit in religious buildings and public spaces in old damascus city in syria
publisher	IIUM Press, IIUM
publishDate	2012
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/30926/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/30926/2/4b_cp4N.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/30926/5/fadzidah_Syria_Uni_Design.pdf
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Access audit in religious buildings and public spaces in old Damascus city in Syria

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