Accessibility for the disabled people to the built environment in Ankara, Turkey

African Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 801-814

  Baris, Mehmet Emin ^a   Uslu, Aysel ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ankara; Disability; Physical barriers; Urban accessibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349573758     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1991637X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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