Design quality of public toilet facilities

International Journal of Reliability, Quality and Safety Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 341-354

  Siu, Kin Wai Michael ^a,b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b Hong Kong Toilet Association   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Industrial design; Public facilities; Public toilet; Userfitness

Indexed keywords

PUBLIC FACILITIES; PUBLIC TOILET; TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT; USERFITNESS;

MODEL STRUCTURES; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; REGIONAL PLANNING; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

PUBLIC WORKS;

EID: 33748476071     PISSN: 02185393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S021853930600229X     Document Type: Article

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