Universal design and social responsibility: towards a sustainable built environment

The objectives of this paper are firstly to highlight the importance of Universal Design and Social Responsibility, secondly an overview of important factors to consider in providing for accessible transportation and finally to review and introduce the application of Universal Design from Malaysian...

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Main Authors:	Abdul Rahim, Asiah, Mohd Yaacob, Naziaty, Abd. Samad, Nur Amirah, Tukiman, Izawati
Format:	Article
Language:	English English
Published:	IIUM Press 2015
Subjects:	NA2542.35 Environmental aspect of architecture NA2542.36 Sustainable architecture NA2545.A1 Architecture and people with disabilities
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spelling	iium-474392016-07-15T02:15:00Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/47439/ Universal design and social responsibility: towards a sustainable built environment Abdul Rahim, Asiah Mohd Yaacob, Naziaty Abd. Samad, Nur Amirah Tukiman, Izawati NA2542.35 Environmental aspect of architecture NA2542.36 Sustainable architecture NA2545.A1 Architecture and people with disabilities The objectives of this paper are firstly to highlight the importance of Universal Design and Social Responsibility, secondly an overview of important factors to consider in providing for accessible transportation and finally to review and introduce the application of Universal Design from Malaysian experience. Universal Design and Social Responsibility are tightly related in terms of its core subjects such as Human Rights such as discrimination of People with Disabilities (PwDs) and vulnerable groups; economic, social and cultural rights; consumer issues such as access to essential services, education and awareness of community involvement and development such as technology development and access as well as social investment. Consideration of providing accessible transportation constitutes the important factors for Universal Design access features such as routes, entrances, toilets, emergency exits and wayfinding, and services provision such as customer assistance, guides and assistive devices. Stating the history of the application of Universal Design in Malaysia, Malaysia gain independence in 1957 and in the late 1980s, the development of Malaysian Standards and code of practices on access for the disabled was initiated and later revised Malaysian Standard of MS 1184:2014; Universal Design and Accessibility in the Built Environment-Code of Practice for the public in 2014. In conclusion universal design is a very important consideration for a sustainable built environment. Keywords: Universal Design; Social resposibility; People with Disabilities (PwDs); accessible; Sustainable built environment. IIUM Press 2015-07 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/47439/1/JUDBE_1_cover_all.PDF application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/47439/2/JUDBE-asiah_paper1_.pdf Abdul Rahim, Asiah and Mohd Yaacob, Naziaty and Abd. Samad, Nur Amirah and Tukiman, Izawati (2015) Universal design and social responsibility: towards a sustainable built environment. Journal of Universal Design in the Built Environment, 1 (1). pp. 5-13. ISSN 2462-1668 http://www.iium.edu.my/kaed/judbe
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topic	NA2542.35 Environmental aspect of architecture NA2542.36 Sustainable architecture NA2545.A1 Architecture and people with disabilities
spellingShingle	NA2542.35 Environmental aspect of architecture NA2542.36 Sustainable architecture NA2545.A1 Architecture and people with disabilities Abdul Rahim, Asiah Mohd Yaacob, Naziaty Abd. Samad, Nur Amirah Tukiman, Izawati Universal design and social responsibility: towards a sustainable built environment
description	The objectives of this paper are firstly to highlight the importance of Universal Design and Social Responsibility, secondly an overview of important factors to consider in providing for accessible transportation and finally to review and introduce the application of Universal Design from Malaysian experience. Universal Design and Social Responsibility are tightly related in terms of its core subjects such as Human Rights such as discrimination of People with Disabilities (PwDs) and vulnerable groups; economic, social and cultural rights; consumer issues such as access to essential services, education and awareness of community involvement and development such as technology development and access as well as social investment. Consideration of providing accessible transportation constitutes the important factors for Universal Design access features such as routes, entrances, toilets, emergency exits and wayfinding, and services provision such as customer assistance, guides and assistive devices. Stating the history of the application of Universal Design in Malaysia, Malaysia gain independence in 1957 and in the late 1980s, the development of Malaysian Standards and code of practices on access for the disabled was initiated and later revised Malaysian Standard of MS 1184:2014; Universal Design and Accessibility in the Built Environment-Code of Practice for the public in 2014. In conclusion universal design is a very important consideration for a sustainable built environment. Keywords: Universal Design; Social resposibility; People with Disabilities (PwDs); accessible; Sustainable built environment.
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author	Abdul Rahim, Asiah Mohd Yaacob, Naziaty Abd. Samad, Nur Amirah Tukiman, Izawati
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title	Universal design and social responsibility: towards a sustainable built environment
title_short	Universal design and social responsibility: towards a sustainable built environment
title_full	Universal design and social responsibility: towards a sustainable built environment
title_fullStr	Universal design and social responsibility: towards a sustainable built environment
title_full_unstemmed	Universal design and social responsibility: towards a sustainable built environment
title_sort	universal design and social responsibility: towards a sustainable built environment
publisher	IIUM Press
publishDate	2015
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