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Nowhere to Go (University of Newcastle)
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Nowhere to Go worked with disabled people and carers, Carers Northumberland and local community film company Little Big Butterfly toe a film that documents some of the experiences of disabled people and their ideas for what would make a difference.
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Publication date:
2018
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AccessibilityDesignDisability
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Film

Author/s:
Nowhere to Go (University of Newcastle)
Summary:
A best practice guide to ‘Improving Access to Toilets in Northumberland’. The guide seeks to highlight to people, but particularly organisations such as galleries, cafes, pubs, supermarkets, ways they can easily and cheaply make their toilets more accessible well as the importance of Changing Places toilets. Available in accessible formats.
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2018
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AccessibilityDesignDisability
Type:
Design Guide

Author/s:
Clara Greed
Summary:
In this paper, it is argued that public toilets policy is a town planning issue, crucial to creating sustainable, efficient, accessible and equitable cities. Ways of integrating toilet provision into city-wide strategic planning policy and local urban design are discussed. The paper first reviews global sanitation issues, and makes comparisons with inadequate public toilet provision in the UK.
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2016
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Built EnvironmentDesignGender
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Academic Paper

Author/s:
International Code Council
Summary:
The purpose of the guideline is to assist in providing clean, convenient, hygienic, and safe public toilet facilities of appropriate design and quality, and to give guidance on the basic care and maintenance of such facilities. It is targeted to those responsible for providing public toilets throughout the global community.
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2011
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Keywods:
DesignPublic Toilets
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Standards and Guidance

Author/s:
Clara Greed
Summary:
This book provides both design guidance and policy direction for the provision and design of public toilets and covering city-wide, district-level and site-specific principles. It highlights the role of urban design in reversing the trend of inadequate toilet provision, and sets out guidelines for design which meets both user need and provider requirements.
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Publication date:
2003
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Built EnvironmentDesignPublic Toilets
Type:
Book

Author/s:
Alexander Kira
Summary:
This comprehensive study explores the physiological functional processes, anatomy, anthropometry and design criteria of the bathroom, within the framework of contemporary Western culture.
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Publication date:
1975
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DataDesignErgonomics
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Book

Author/s:
Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
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Building regulation in England to ensure that people are able to access and use buildings and their facilities. Volume 2 includes design considerations for toilets in buildings other than dwellings.
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Publication date:
2015
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Keywods:
AccessibilityDesignDisability
Type:
Standards and Guidance

Author/s:
Eleanor van den Heuvel, Mary Gilhooly, Ian Sutherland, Felicity Jowitt, Kevin McKee, Lena Dahlberg, Stuart Parker, Patrick Gaydecki, Norman Ratcliffe, Jo-Anne Bichard, Adele Long, Nikki Cotterill, Susie Orme
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This report shares the key findings of the Tackling Ageing Continence through Theory Tools and Technology (TACT3) project, where the overall aim was to reduce the impact of continence difficulties for older people, including access to toilets.
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Publication date:
2012
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Keywods:
AccessibilityDesignDisability
Type:
Report

Author/s:
Juliette Hanson; Jo-Anne Bichard; Clara Greed
Summary:
This Accessible Toilet Design Resource, part of VivaCity 2020, is concerned primarily with the design of the accessible toilet cubicle that should be provided for customer or public use wherever there is standard toilet provision.
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Publication date:
2007
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Keywods:
AccessibilityDesignDisability
Type:
Design Guide