CITATION

Preiser, Wolfgang and Smith, Korydon H.. Universal Design Handbook, 2E. US: McGraw-Hill Professional, 2010.

Universal Design Handbook, 2E

Published:  September 2010

eISBN: 9780071629225 007162922X | ISBN: 9780071629232
  • Contents
  • Contributors
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part 1 Premises and Perspectives
  • Chapter 1. Universal Design: An Evolving Paradigm
  • Chapter 2. Toward Social, Economic, and Environmental Sustainability
  • Chapter 3. Universal Design and the Majority World
  • Part 2 Principles, Standards, and Guidelines
  • Chapter 4. The Principles of Universal Design
  • Chapter 5. United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
  • Chapter 6. U.S. Accessibility Codes and Standards: Challenges for Universal Design
  • Chapter 7. The ADA and Accessibility: Interpretations in U.S. Courts
  • Chapter 8. Life Safety Standards and Guidelines
  • Chapter 9. The Universal Design Thesaurus: Creating a Descriptive Language for Our Field
  • Part 3 International Perspectives
  • Chapter 10. Norway’s Planning Approach to Implement Universal Design
  • Chapter 11. The Impact of Aging on Japanese Accessibility Standards
  • Chapter 12. The Evolution of Design for All in Public Buildings and Transportation in France
  • Chapter 13. Manifestations of Universal Design in Germany
  • Chapter 14. Writing Poetry Rather Than Structuring Grammar: Notes for the Development of Universal Design in Brazil
  • Chapter 15. Accessible Design in Italy
  • Chapter 16. Planning Accessibility in the Old City of Jerusalem
  • Part 4 Public Spaces, Private Spaces, Products, and Technologies
  • Section 1 Public Spaces
  • Chapter 17. Creating an Accessible Public Realm
  • Chapter 18. A Capital Planning Approach to ADA Implementation in Public Educational Institutions
  • Chapter 19. Universal Design in Mass Transportation
  • Chapter 20. Universal Design at the Urban Scale
  • Chapter 21. Designing Inclusive Experiences
  • Chapter 22. Outdoor Play Settings: An Inclusive Approach
  • Chapter 23. Office and Workplace Design
  • Section 2 Private Spaces
  • Chapter 24. Universal Housing: A Critical Component of a Sustainable Community
  • Chapter 25. The Evolution of Universal Design in Housing in the United States: Toward Visitability and Pattern Books
  • Chapter 26. A Home for the Next 50 Years: Remodeling for Aging Baby Boomers Demonstrates Universal Design in Arts and Crafts Detailing
  • Chapter 27. The Sensory House
  • Chapter 28. Diversity and Equality in Housing: Designing the Arkansas Proto-House
  • Section 3 Products and Technologies
  • Chapter 29. Selling Builders and Remodelers on Universal Design
  • Chapter 30. Universal Bathrooms
  • Chapter 31. Universal Design of Automobiles
  • Chapter 32. Universal Design of Products
  • Chapter 33. Accessibility of the World Wide Web: Technical and Policy Perspectives
  • Chapter 34. Universal Design in Media
  • Chapter 35. Digital Content for Individuals with Print Disabilities
  • Part 5 Education and Research
  • Chapter 36. Inclusive Design Research Initiatives at the Royal College of Art
  • Chapter 37. An International Web-Based Collection of Universal Design Exemplars
  • Chapter 38. Toward Universal Design Performance Assessments
  • Chapter 39. Universal Design for Learning in the College Classroom
  • Chapter 40. Camp Aldersgate: A New Model for Architectural Education
  • Chapter 41. Are Retrofitted Wheelchair Entries Separate and Unequal?
  • Chapter 42. Guidepaths in Buildings
  • Chapter 43. Redefining Design and Disability: A Person-Environment Fit Model
  • Part 6 The Past and Future of Universal Design
  • Chapter 44. The Rhinoceros Syndrome: A Contrarian View of Universal Design
  • Part 7 Epilogue
  • Chapter 45. My Story
  • Index