Detection of warning surfaces in pedestrian environments: The importance for blind people of kerbs, depth, and structure of tactile surfaces

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 469-482

  Sthl, Agneta ^a   Newman, Emma ^a   Dahlin Ivanoff, Synneve ^b   Almn, Mai ^c   Iwarsson, Sussane ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c Hinderfri Design AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Blindness; Crossroad design; Kerb; Pedestrian environment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; BLINDNESS; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; GENERAL MEDICAL AIDS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; SURFACE PROPERTY; TOUCH; WALKING; WALKING AID;

ADULT; ARCHITECTURAL ACCESSIBILITY; BLINDNESS; CANES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSORY AIDS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TOUCH; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76449096354     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638280903171543     Document Type: Article

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