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Taking Women’s Bodily Functions into Account in Urban Planning Policy: Public Toilets and Menstruation
- 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 [et_pb_section fb_built="1" _builder_version="4.8.2" _module_preset="default" background_color="rgba(229,229,229,0.52)" custom_margin="50px||50px||false|false" border_radii="on|15px|15px|15px|15px" box_shadow_style="preset4" box_shadow_spread="-3px" box_shadow_color="#f15a62" locked="off"][et_pb_row _builder_version="4.8.2" _module_preset="default" custom_margin="auto|50px|0px|50px|false|false"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.8.2" _module_preset="default"][et_pb_text _builder_version="4.8.2" _module_preset="default"]Taking women’s bodily functions into account in urban planning and policy: public1
- Keywods:
- Built EnvironmentDesignGender
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- Academic Paper
Extending Architectural Affordance: The Case of the Publicly Accessible Toilet
- Author/s:
- Jo-Anne Bichard
- Summary:
- This PhD thesis uses the case of the publicly accessible toilet to demonstrate how the design of these facilities has continued to present a ‘special needs’ approach, opposed to inclusive design.
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- 2014 [et_pb_section fb_built="1" _builder_version="4.8.2" _module_preset="default" background_color="rgba(229,229,229,0.52)" custom_margin="50px||50px||false|false" border_radii="on|15px|15px|15px|15px" box_shadow_style="preset4" box_shadow_spread="-3px" box_shadow_color="#f15a62" locked="off"][et_pb_row _builder_version="4.8.2" _module_preset="default" custom_margin="auto|50px|0px|50px|false|false"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.8.2" _module_preset="default"][et_pb_text _builder_version="4.8.2" _module_preset="default"]Extending Architectural Affordance: The Case of the Publicly Accessible Toilet Author/s: Jo-Anne1
- Keywods:
- AccessibilityBuilt EnvironmentDisability
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- Academic Paper