inclusive urban design: streets for life

Inclusive urban design: Streets for life | 2006 | Architectural Press
Elizabeth Burton and Lynne Mitchell, Oxford Brookes University


Description

This is the first book to address the design needs of older people in the outdoor environment. It provides information on design principles essential to built environment professionals who want to provide for all users of urban space and who wish to achieve sustainability in their designs.
"Burton and Mitchell have produced a well-researched and easy-to-read book, with the text amply supported by photographs and illustrations. Their conclusions challenge the idea that improving the planning and design of streets and outdoor spaces so that everyone can feel sage is difficult and unnecessary."
Building Engineer, August 2006
"There are some apparently modest books on modest topics that bring within them a profound message beyond their weight. This is such a book."
Urban Design, Winter 2006

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Binding: Paperback
Extent: 176 pages
Format: 189 X 246 mm
ISBN-10: 0750664584
ISBN-13: 9780750664585
  • Presents the groundbreaking idea of 'streets for life' - making outdoor environments useable and accessible to people of all ages
  • Addresses the cognitive as well as the physical and sensory needs of older people in the outdoor environment
  • Illustrations, maps and key points help smooth the move from theory to practice

This is the first book to address the design needs of older people in the outdoor environment. It provides information on design principles essential to built environment professionals who want to provide for all users of urban space and who wish to achieve sustainability in their designs.

Inclusive Urban Design: Streets for Life will be of interest to professionals and researchers from a number of disciplines including urban design, planning, architecture, landscape architecture and gerontology.

CONTENTS

Part One
Part one examines the changing experiences of people in the outdoor environment as they age and discusses existing outdoor environments and the aspects and features that help or hinder older people from using and enjoying them.


Part Two
Part two presents the six design principles for 'streets for life' and their many individual components. Using photographs and line drawings, a range of design features are presented at all scales of the outdoor environment from street layouts and building form to signs and detail.


Part Three
Part three expands on the concept of 'streets for life' as the ultimate goal of inclusive urban design. These are outdoor environments that people are able to confidently understand, navigate and use, regardless of age or circumstance, and represent truly sustainable inclusive communities.