The impacts of ergonomics/human factors of wheelchair/user combinations on effective barrier-free environments design: A case study of the Chinese universal rail coach layout

Xiang, Ze‐Rui; Zhi, Jinyi; Dong, Shi-Yu; Li, Ran; He, Si‐Jun

doi:10.1016/j.ergon.2018.05.016

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“…The concept of UD is that a system or space designed for a marginalized group, such as someone in a wheelchair, can be used by everyone, while a space not designed for that marginalized group cannot be used by them (Xiang et al, 2018). For example, a wheelchair ramp can be used by people in and out of wheelchairs, while stairs cannot be used by people in wheelchairs.…”

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“…There are multiple ways to make spaces more wheelchair friendly. Some of the more common ones include wider hallways and doorways, ramps, and automatic doors (Xiang et al, 2018). Others include ensuring the appropriate number of wheelchair spaces, based on the percentage of people with disabilities in a population; ensuring any route is accessible in reverse, as well as short as possible, leaving an acceptable turning radius; and designing bathrooms intentionally (Xiang et al, 2018).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Some of the more common ones include wider hallways and doorways, ramps, and automatic doors (Xiang et al, 2018). Others include ensuring the appropriate number of wheelchair spaces, based on the percentage of people with disabilities in a population; ensuring any route is accessible in reverse, as well as short as possible, leaving an acceptable turning radius; and designing bathrooms intentionally (Xiang et al, 2018). While many healthcare facilities do offer support to people in wheelchairs, such as staff assistance, the spaces should be accessible even without help.…”

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confidence: 99%

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As background, breast care centers around the world vary in interior design based on geographical location and the trends of the healthcare design process at the time of construction. However, at the forefront of healthcare interior design is the evidence-based design (EBD) process and the Universal Design (UD) guidelines. The Center for Health Design states that the EBD process differs from the linear design process, in that EBD uses relevant evidence to educate and guide the design decisions. The objective of this study was to support future EBD and UD use in the development of patient areas in breast care center interior design. The methods for this study incorporated an extensive review of the literature, examples of eight breast care centers around the world, observations, an interview, and a staff survey concerning the interior design of a local breast care center. The results revealed that using the EBD process and UD, to develop guidelines for patient areas in breast care centers’ interior design, directors could use guidelines to evaluate existing breast care centers or preconstruction for new breast care centers. This study concluded with design guidelines for patient areas in breast care center interior design. The recommended guidelines targeted the following features: robes (vs. hospital gowns), spa-like atmosphere, monochromatic color scheme, use of wood and stone, private check-in areas, wayfinding, room temperature comfort, seating comfort, seating style choices including bariatric, personal items storage, access to natural light, indirect artificial lighting, living plants, views of nature, flooring comfort, and wheelchair accessibility.

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Section: Design Factorsmentioning

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2021

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“…The core value is to provide a standardized guideline regarding the design code of handrails, including design (i.e., shape, material, color, diameter, distance from wall, load resistance, and additional requirements) and layout. Several suggestions are also provided in the framework of universal design [7], regarding handrails between the circulation route of public rental housing estates and the nearest train stations.…”

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Development of a Universal Design-Based Guide for Handrails: An Empirical Study for Hong Kong Elderly

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An important and basic strategy for facilitating the inclusion and daily life of elderly in accordance with those living in public rental housing buildings is to allow their circulation to be barrier-free and self-supported. Therefore, the provision of a handrail guide could improve their living standard. This paper develops a universal design guide for handrails focusing on the needs of elderly. Fifteen routes with mostly elderly were selected and targeted for evaluating the existing problems with handrail provision. Surveys and informal interviews with elderly, adults, and children were also conducted to further investigate their needs, their ease of existing facilities, and possible future implementation to improve their ease. From the survey results, it was found that most of the existing problems with handrail layouts exist within the community. In addition to standardizing, modifying, and suggesting the ideas on handrail design and layout, the promotion of the ideas from universal design was the emphasis on this investigation in order to make a barrier-free city into a barrier-free but universal community for a better international city. The guide focuses on the standardization of synthetization of the scope in terms of design and layout. Simultaneously, an advanced part of design also regards the improvement of technological, environmental, and self-support features to improve Hong Kong’s international friendliness with tailor-made ideas such as Elderlysteady.

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“…At this time, 186 countries have ratified this document [10], demonstrating their commitment to equality for people with disabilities. The countries with the strongest progress in accessibility policies and disability rights are located in Europe, North America, and East Asia [11,12].…”

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Analysis of the Accessibility Improvement Index in Urban Areas through Heritage Buildings Used as Museums—Case Studies in the Region of Murcia (Spain)

Marín-Nicolás,

Sáez-Pérez,

Tajani

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Equality of opportunity for all people, regardless of their abilities, is a fundamental principle in contemporary society. This includes the ability to use any object, service, or environment. The analysis of universal accessibility in the built environment is a requirement to achieve the full inclusion of society as a whole, both in the urban and architectural spheres. This study is based on the analysis of the current and potential states of accessibility, which makes it possible to obtain the accessibility improvement index, a parameter that identifies how much the accessibility of a physical environment can be improved by removing architectural barriers. The methodology is applied to a sample of 25 heritage buildings used as museums to observe how they function. The results show that the feasibility of barrier removal is higher than 75% in all the buildings in the sample, reaching 100% in some cases. The results obtained are contrasted with other works and highlight the potential of expanding the analysis developed to other urban and built environments to ensure full equality of access to the physical environment.

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The impacts of ergonomics/human factors of wheelchair/user combinations on effective barrier-free environments design: A case study of the Chinese universal rail coach layout

Cited by 13 publications

References 39 publications

Specialty Space: Breast Care Centers

Specialty Space: Breast Care Centers

Development of a Universal Design-Based Guide for Handrails: An Empirical Study for Hong Kong Elderly

Analysis of the Accessibility Improvement Index in Urban Areas through Heritage Buildings Used as Museums—Case Studies in the Region of Murcia (Spain)

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