Author

Publication

1996 - P. Chapman, London, England

Language

English

Word Count

50,000 words, Guess

Page Count

200 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-101853962732
  • ISBN-139781853962738
  • LibraryThing2098845
  • Goodreads5448406
  • Better World Books9781853962738
and 2 more

Classifications

  • DDC362.4/0453/0941
  • LCCHV3024.G7 I47 1996

Description

This book explores one of the crucial contexts within which the marginal status of disabled people is experienced: the interrelationships between disability, physical access, and the built environment. The author explores some of the critical processes underpinning the social construction of disability as a state of marginalization in the built environment. These concerns are interwoven with a discussion of the state's changing role in defining, categorising, and reproducing 'states of disablement' for people with disabilities. Using a range of empirical material from the UK and the USA, the book documents how the environmental planning system in Britain attempts to address the inaccessibility of the built environment, and discusses how disabled people contest the constraints placed on their mobility.

Subjects

Topics

DwellingsUrban policyServices forGreat BritainCity planningPublic buildingsBarrier-free design

Other Editions

  • Disability and the city: international perspectivesP. Chapman1996-01-01

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