Wheelchair accessibility to public buildings in Istanbul

Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 76-85

  Evcil, A Nilay ^a  

^a BEYKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Design; Public buildings; Urban planning; Wheelchair accessibility

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CITY PLANNING; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SANITATION; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WHEELCHAIR;

ARCHITECTURAL ACCESSIBILITY; CITY PLANNING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISABLED PERSONS; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC FACILITIES; TURKEY; URBAN POPULATION; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 66949117498     PISSN: 17483107     EISSN: 17483115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17483100802543247     Document Type: Article

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