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UNISA996197704703316 |
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Autore |
Gleeson Brendan <1964, > |
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Titolo |
Geographies of disability / / Brendan Gleeson |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1999 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-68197-6 |
1-134-68198-4 |
1-283-70764-0 |
1-280-51763-8 |
0-203-02121-5 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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xii, 253 p. : ill., 2 maps |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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People with disabilities |
People with disabilities - History |
Barrier-free design |
Spatial behavior |
Human geography |
Urban geography |
City planning |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [220]-242) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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pt. 1. A socio-spatial model of disability -- pt. 2. Historical geographies of disability -- pt. 3. Contemporary geographies of disability. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Geographies of Disability explores the relationship between space and disability explaining how space, place and related concepts such as mobility shape the experiences of disabled people. The book is organised into three parts. Part one presents a critical appraisal of theories of disability, space and embodiment and develops a disability model. Part two takes an historical perspective and uses case studies to expose how the transition to capitalism affected the everyday lives of disabled people. Part three explores contemporary scenarios of disability: the Western city and the important policy realms of community care and accessibility regulation. Demonstrating and |
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