Sustainability and accessibility: the Design for All approach

Steffan, Isabella Tiziana

doi:10.3233/wor-2012-0057-3888

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“…While there have been a number of theoretical pieces of work looking at the contributions of ergonomics towards designing urban environments (de Carvalho, 2012; Guimarães, 2012;Steffan, 2012;Wolf, 2003), the empirical work is scarce. Stanton et al (2013) probably comes the closest to an "empirical" investigation with their cognitive work analysis exploring the constraints of moving commuters onto public transport systems, specifically rail.…”

Section: Urbanisationmentioning

confidence: 99%

State of Science: ergonomics and global issues

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In his 1993 IEA keynote address, Neville Moray urged the ergonomics discipline to face up to the global problems facing humanity and consider how ergonomics might help find some of the solutions. In this State of Science article we critically evaluate what the ergonomics discipline has achieved in the last two and a half decades to help create a secure future for humanity. Moray's challenges for ergonomics included deriving a value structure that moves us beyond a Westernised view of worker-organisation-technology fit, taking a multidisciplinary approach which engages with other social and biological sciences, considering the gross cross-cultural factors that determine how different societies function, paying more attention to mindful consumption, and embracing the complexity of our interconnected world. This article takes a socio-historical approach by considering the factors that influence what has been achieved since Moray's keynote address. We conclude with our own set of predictions for the future and priorities for addressing the challenges that we are likely to face. Practitioner Summary: We critically reflect on what has been achieved by the ergonomics profession in addressing the global challenges raised by Moray's 1993 keynote address to the International Ergonomics Association. Apart from healthcare, the response has largely been weak and disorganised. We make suggestions for priority research and practice that is required to facilitate a sustainable future for humanity.

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Section: Urbanisationmentioning

confidence: 99%

State of Science: ergonomics and global issues

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“…In South Korea, user or production workers' characteristics are gradually diversifying due to the increase of the elderly, women, and foreigners [11,12]. Thus, it is necessary to consider diversity in terms of physical ability, class, and institution [13,14]. Accommodating all people including workers at workplace requires an extension of the paradigm [2,[15][16][17][18].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Universal Safety Design (USD) and Sustainability: Comparison of Guidelines between Universal Design (UD) and USD

Baek

Jeong

2021

Applied Sciences

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Universal Design (UD) has contributed to enhancing the quality of life through design for all. This study aims to compare the users’ subjective scores for UD guidelines and Universal Safety Design (USD) guidelines. A questionnaire survey was performed to get information on the 165 users’ subjective scores for design guidelines implementing UD or USD. Results show that USD guidelines have extensibility in fairness, flexible work, and sustainability perspectives. UD guidelines show a low correlation coefficient with sustainability guideline of USD. In the results of the regression analysis, the guidelines of USD reflect the design concept of UD. Additionally, USD guidelines increase the design concept of sustainability. USD guidelines are expected to contribute to creating comfortable and safe environments for the disabled, the elderly, foreigners, and socially vulnerable groups. Additionally, it is expected to address discrimination at work.

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