Personas as a user-centred design tool for the built environment

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Engineering Sustainability

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 59-69

  Siddall, Emma ^a   Baibarac, Corelia ^a   Byrne, Aimee ^a   Byrne, Niall ^a   Deasy, Ashling ^a   Flood, Nuala ^a   Goulding, Camille ^a   O'Driscoll, Shane ^a   Rabbitt, Niamh ^a   Sweeney, Angharad ^a   Wang, Yue ^a   Dyer, Mark ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Design methods aids; Sustainability; Urban regeneration

Indexed keywords

DATA VISUALIZATION; REENGINEERING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BUILT ENVIRONMENT; DESIGN METHOD; DESIGN METHOD &AID; DESIGN TOOL; IRELAND; PHYSICAL STRUCTURES; RE-ENGINEERING; SOCIAL INCLUSION; SUSTAINABLE BEHAVIOURS; URBAN REGENERATION;

USER CENTERED DESIGN;

EID: 79952149380     PISSN: 14784629     EISSN: 17517680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/ensu.1000015     Document Type: Article

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