Inclusive University Built Environments

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Introduction to Inclusive University Built Environments

   • Itab Shuayb

   Pages 1-6

3. Impact of the Disability Rights Movement and Legislation on Educational Programmes and Buildings

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   Pages 7-33

4. Emergence of Design Standards and Inclusive Design

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   Pages 35-62

5. Researching Inclusive Design at Universities: The University of Kent Case Study

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   Pages 63-77

6. Identifying Accessibility Barriers at University Built Environment: Findings from the University of Kent

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   Pages 79-129

7. The Impact of Legislation on University Buildings: Inclusive Design Proposals

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   Pages 131-159

8. Barriers to Inclusive Design at University Built Environment

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   Pages 161-181

9. University Inclusive Environment as a Future Vision

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   Pages 183-193

10. Back Matter

    Pages 195-216

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This book investigates the impact of Approved Document M—introduced to address accessibility and usability issues for people with disabilities in newly constructed facilities—on different university buildings in the United Kingdom. A selection of six buildings at the University of Kent, the University of Bath, and the University of Essex, built within the six decades spanning the 1960s through the 2010s, are studied to investigate the impact of the measure on changing building designs to be accessible for all potential users, including people with disabilities. The book dissects specifically the University of Kent case study, delineating benefits of the inclusive design approach. Providing case studies of existing educational buildings and recommendations case studies of existing educational buildings and provides recommendations, the book is ideal for engineers, architects, built environment researcher, designers and standard committees.

• Inclusive Building Design
• Approved Document M
• Disability rights movement
• Legislative impact on educational programmes
• Architectural design
• Inclusive design at University Of Kent
• Barriers to inclusive design
• Building accessibility for disabled
• Accessibility design
• Accessibility UK university buildings

• American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

  Itab Shuayb

Dr. Itab Shuayb is a lecturer in the School of Architecture within the American University of Beirut in Lebanon.She is a Fullbright visiting scholar at the University of Connecticut- Storrs. She holds a PhD from the University of Kent in England.

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