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Record Nr.

UNINA9910842280103321

Autore

Shuayb Itab

Titolo

Inclusive Design and Accessibility Paradigms in Lebanon : University Built Environments Case Studies / / by Itab Shuayb

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2024

ISBN

981-9999-79-0

Edizione

[1st ed. 2024.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 pages)

Disciplina

720

Soggetti

Architecture

Engineering design

Sociology

People with disabilities - Education

Law

Education and state

Engineering Design

Education and Disability

Education Policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The Lebanese disability right movement, law 220/2000, and its impact on the educational sector -- Chapter 3. Inclusive design verses accessibility paradigm -- Chapter 4. A review of a Lebanese accessibility guideline -- Chapter 5. Inclusive design at universities: the American university of Beirut case study -- Chapter 6. American university of Beirut findings -- Chapter 7. Proposals for inclusive university buildings -- Chapter 8. Can accessibility guidelines lead to an inclusive built environment? discussion of findings -- Chapter 9. Inclusive design teaching Pedagogy: Reflections on teaching inclusive design.

Sommario/riassunto

This book describes the disability rights movement that started in the USA and its influence on the disability rights movement in Lebanon, which has led to the endorsement of the Lebanese Disability Act 220/2000. The book introduces the reader to the Lebanese Disability Act 220/ 2000, its definition of disability, and its relation to the



medical and social models of disabilities and then articulate the Act articles. Then, it defines the inclusive design paradigm that acknowledges the needs of all people at each stage of their life cycle and presents the difference between inclusive design and accessibility and disability notions. Moreover, the book reviews the different international accessible design standards (American and French) that are adopted in Lebanon with the absence of a nationalized Lebanese design standard and its effect on eliminating barriers and enhancing accessibility at university buildings. Besides, the book presents students' experiences and their satisfaction with the university built environments. 6 university buildings case studies at the American University of Beirut are assessed and analysed to check whether they adopt the inclusive design approach and then propose inclusive design solutions for both heritage and modern university buildings. What makes the book unique is its combination of empirical and theoretical application of inclusive design. The last section, reflects the author’s inclusive design teaching pedagogy. In this section, the author shares samples of students’ class design project and provides recommendations and guidelines for teaching inclusive design so it becomes mainstream.