Designing inclusive environments: Rehabilitating the body and the relevance of universal design

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 36, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 1315-1319

  Imrie, Rob ^a   Luck, Rachael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISABLED PERSON; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FURNITURE; HUMAN; REHABILITATION; SANITATION; STANDARDS;

DISABLED PERSONS; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS; PUBLIC FACILITIES;

EID: 84905453252     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2014.936191     Document Type: Review

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