Accessibility of Public Spaces: Case Study of Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria
Journal Title: International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention - Year 2017, Vol 6, Issue 3
Abstract
This article is about people with different capabilities. It engages with the theoretical framework of the social model of disability about how disability and ageing issues should be considered. In doing so it pays particular attention to the accessibility of the built environment. Disability will affect the lives of everyone at some point in their life, it is time society change to acknowledge this, with the ageing population and the prevailing increases in the number of the physically disabled people, public building, community design and other environmental barriers must be re-examined. Owing to this basic knowledge that the scholars and newspaper world regards "the aged" and "the disabled" as if they are discrete groups outside the common present thought of the society, it is therefore needed to understand that ageing and disabilities is a stage in life that people will experience at one point or the other of their life. The research work inquiries into the prominent demands for accessible built environment to carter for the population growth of the senior citizen and the disabled people.
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David Olalekan Akinpelu, Senem Zeybekoglu Sadri
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