Accessibility of the Urban Green Areas for People with Disabilities on the Example of Planty Park in Białystok, Poland
Journal Title: Darnios aplinkos vystymas - Year 2017, Vol 1, Issue 14
Abstract
In this work has been presented the issue of planning the accessibility of urban green areas for people with disabilities, in particular for people moving on wheelchairs and blind. Problematic aspects are discussed on example of analysis of Planty Park in Białystok (Poland) in terms of the accessibility of space for such people. There are collected a number of design guidelines and on their basis there are conducted field studies. As a result there are prepared a map showing the accessibility of the park for the disabled. Carried out analysis is discussed and the author searches for the most problematic areas to propose some solutions for the issues.
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Kamil RAWSKI
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