A review of universal design and accessibility legislations in implementation strategies among Asian countries

What distinguishes the rights of Person with Disabilities (PwDs) in gaining access to the built environment, is Accessibility and equal participation in the society, is discrimination. It was a remarkable legal instrument for PwDs in Asian countries when UNCRPD responded in being concern that t...

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Main Authors:	Abd Samad, Nur Amira, Said, Ismail, Abdul Rahim, Asiah
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	Universitas Gadjah Mada 2018
Subjects:	NA1995 Architecture as a profession NA2545.A1 Architecture and people with disabilities
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spelling	iium-692462019-07-03T07:22:43Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/69246/ A review of universal design and accessibility legislations in implementation strategies among Asian countries Abd Samad, Nur Amira Said, Ismail Abdul Rahim, Asiah NA1995 Architecture as a profession NA2545.A1 Architecture and people with disabilities What distinguishes the rights of Person with Disabilities (PwDs) in gaining access to the built environment, is Accessibility and equal participation in the society, is discrimination. It was a remarkable legal instrument for PwDs in Asian countries when UNCRPD responded in being concern that the existing human rights instruments have not given significant impact on the improvement of PwDs’ quality of life. Accessibility legislation between Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Japan has different success rate when it comes to implementing and enforcing Universal Design via legislative and regulatory documents, government initiatives and planning approach. The success rate of implementation for Accessibility, are different from developed and developing countries even within Asian regions despite the movement started around the same time. The results are derived from content analysis of reviews chronologically and thematically at all four countries. Therefore, a brief discussion elaborated by comparing those countries of developed and developing and to conclude, signifying causes of success or the setbacks of implementation efforts. Universitas Gadjah Mada 2018-03 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/69246/1/69246_A%20Review%20of%20Universal%20Design%20and%20Accessibility.pdf Abd Samad, Nur Amira and Said, Ismail and Abdul Rahim, Asiah (2018) A review of universal design and accessibility legislations in implementation strategies among Asian countries. In: The 12th SEATUC 2018 Symposium: Engineering Education and Research for Sustainable Development 2018, 12th-13th March 2018, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. http://seatuc2018.ugm.id
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spellingShingle	NA1995 Architecture as a profession NA2545.A1 Architecture and people with disabilities Abd Samad, Nur Amira Said, Ismail Abdul Rahim, Asiah A review of universal design and accessibility legislations in implementation strategies among Asian countries
description	What distinguishes the rights of Person with Disabilities (PwDs) in gaining access to the built environment, is Accessibility and equal participation in the society, is discrimination. It was a remarkable legal instrument for PwDs in Asian countries when UNCRPD responded in being concern that the existing human rights instruments have not given significant impact on the improvement of PwDs’ quality of life. Accessibility legislation between Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Japan has different success rate when it comes to implementing and enforcing Universal Design via legislative and regulatory documents, government initiatives and planning approach. The success rate of implementation for Accessibility, are different from developed and developing countries even within Asian regions despite the movement started around the same time. The results are derived from content analysis of reviews chronologically and thematically at all four countries. Therefore, a brief discussion elaborated by comparing those countries of developed and developing and to conclude, signifying causes of success or the setbacks of implementation efforts.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Abd Samad, Nur Amira Said, Ismail Abdul Rahim, Asiah
author_facet	Abd Samad, Nur Amira Said, Ismail Abdul Rahim, Asiah
author_sort	Abd Samad, Nur Amira
title	A review of universal design and accessibility legislations in implementation strategies among Asian countries
title_short	A review of universal design and accessibility legislations in implementation strategies among Asian countries
title_full	A review of universal design and accessibility legislations in implementation strategies among Asian countries
title_fullStr	A review of universal design and accessibility legislations in implementation strategies among Asian countries
title_full_unstemmed	A review of universal design and accessibility legislations in implementation strategies among Asian countries
title_sort	review of universal design and accessibility legislations in implementation strategies among asian countries
publisher	Universitas Gadjah Mada
publishDate	2018
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A review of universal design and accessibility legislations in implementation strategies among Asian countries

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