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050			_aNA 2545 .B85 1992
245		0	_aBuilding design for handicapped and aged persons / _cCouncil on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, Committee 56 ; Gilda M. Haber, chairman ; Thomas O. Blank, editor ; contributors, Thomas O. Blank [14 others]
260			_aNew York : _bMcGraw Hill Education, _cc1992
300			_axviii, 254 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_aIntroduction -- 2. Barrier-free design in Japan -- 3. Barrier-free design in the United States -- 4. Barrier-free design in Canada -- Building design for the disabled in the Netherlands -- 6. Housing for the elderly and the disabled in Israel -- 7. Design for the disabled and the elderly in Singapore -- 8. Growing needs of elderly persons aging in place in subsidized housing -- 9. Response to living in buildings designed for handicapped and elderly persons -- 10. Access and egress for handicapped persons in public buildings -- 11. Non evacuation in compartmented fire-resistive buildings -- 12. Locator system with voice guidance for emergency evacuations -- 13. Techno-housing and the future: prospects and cautions -- 14. An assessment -- Research needs -- Nomenclature -- References/ Bibliography -- Contributors -- Building index -- Name index -- Subject index.
520			_aThis monograph begins to address these far-reaching changes in the way the world works. The monograph compiles information from around the world about the current state affairs in design for the handicapped and aged so that what appears to work well can be adapted and extended, while what is not effective can be avoided.
650			_aBARRIER-FREE DESIGN
700			_aHaber, Gilda M.;Blank, Thomas O.,;Chen, Alexander;Eldar, Reuben;Guffens, The M.G.;Harrison, James D. ;Henning, Donald N. ;Heumann, Leonard F. ;Kose, Satoshi;Lam, Khee Poh;Macdonald, James N. ;Preiser, Wolfgang F.E,;Shtarkshall, Miriam ;Sime, Jonathan D. ;Small, James G.
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