Universal design handbook

Online version:

Foreword / Robert Ivy

Ch. 1. Universal Design: The New Paradigm / Elaine Ostroff

Ch. 2. Experiencing Universal Design / Patricia A. Moore

Ch. 3. An Integrated Approach to Universal Design: Toward the Inclusion of All Ages, Cultures, and Diversity / Jim Sandhu

Ch. 4. Designing for Our Future Selves / Roger Coleman

Ch. 5. Universal Design and the Majority World / Singanapalli Balaram

Ch. 6. User/Expert Involvement in Universal Design / Laurie Ringaert

Ch. 7. Designing by Degree: Assessing and Incorporating Individual Accessibility Needs / M. Powell Lawton

Ch. 8. Universal Design to Support the Brain and its Development / John Zeisel

Ch. 9. Toward Universal Design Evaluation / Wolfgang F.E. Preiser

Ch. 10. Principles of Universal Design / Molly Follette Story

Ch. 11. United Nations Standards and Rules / Maria Cristina Sara-Serrano and John Mathiason

Ch. 12. U.S. Accessibility Codes and Standards: Challenges for Universal Design / John P.S. Salmen

Ch. 13. Accessible Housing in Five European Countries: Standards and Built Results / Jon Christopherson

Ch. 14. Lifetime Homes: Achieving Accessibility for All / Richard Best

Ch. 15. Accessible Design in Italy / Assunta d'innocenzo and Annalise Morini

Ch. 16. Accessibility Standards and Universal Design Developments in Canada / Shauna Mallory-Hill and Brian Everton

Ch. 17. The Impact of Aging on Japanese Accessibility Design Standards / Satoshi Kose

Ch. 18. Interpreting Accessibility Standards: Experiences in the U.S. Courts / Sanjoy Mazumdar and Gilbert Geis

Ch. 19. Universal Design in Outdoor Play Areas / Susan Goltsman

Ch. 20. Guidelines for Outdoor Areas / Gary M. Robb

Ch. 21. Japanese Guidelines for Universal Design in Parks: Harmony between Nature and People / Mamoru Matsumoto

Ch. 22. Design for Dementia: Challenges and Lessons for Universal Design / Margaret Calkins, Jon A. Sanford and Mark A. Proffitt

Ch. 23. Life Safety Standards and Guidelines Focused on Stairways / Jake Pauls

Ch. 24. Universal Design in Mass Transportation / Edward Steinfeld

Ch. 25. The Bottom-Up Methodology of Universal Design / Selwyn Goldsmith

Ch. 26. Accessibility as Universal Design: Legislation and Experiences in Italy / Fabrizio Vescovo

Ch. 27. The Evolution of Design for All in Public Buildings and Transportation in France / Louis-Pierre Grosbois

Ch. 28. The Dutch Struggle for Accessibility Awareness / Maarten Wijk

Ch. 29. Norway's Planning Approach to Implement Universal Design / Olav Rand Bringa

Ch. 30. From Accessibility for Disabled People to Universal Design: Challenges in Japan / Gihei Takahashi

Ch. 31. Israel: A Country on the Way to Universal Design / Avi Ramot

Ch. 32. Developing Economies: A Reality Check / Kenneth J. Parker

Ch. 33. Sustainable Human and Social Development: An Examination of Contextual Factors / C.J. Walsh

Ch. 34. The Next-Generation Universal Home / Leslie C. Young and Rex J. Pace

Ch. 35. Fair Housing: Toward Universal Design in Multifamily Housing / Edward Steinfield and Scott M. Shea

Ch. 36. Progressive Housing Design and Home Technologies in Canada / Mary Ann Clarke Scott, Sylvia Nowlan and Gloria Gutman

Ch. 37. The Care Apartment Concept in Switzerland / Matthias Hurlimann

Ch. 38. Aging with a Developmental Disability at Home: An Australian Perspective / Susan Balandin and Robyn Chapman

Ch. 39. Housing Policy and Funding Mechanisms for Elderly and Disabled People in Germany / Karin Piltner and Brigitte Halbich

Ch. 40. Housing for Older Persons in Shoutheast Asia: Evolving Policy and Design / James B. Harrison

Ch. 41. Universal Kitchens and Appliances / Abir Mullick and Danise Levine

Ch. 42. Universal Bathrooms / Abir Mullick

Ch. 43. Universal Design Practice in the United States / Elaine Ostroff

Ch. 44. Project Briefing for an Inclusive Universal Design Process / Rachael Luck, Hans Haenlein and Keith T. Bright

Ch. 45. Office and Workplace Design / James L. Mueller

Ch. 46. Educational Environments: From Compliance to Inclusion / Fred Tapfer

Ch. 47. Access to Sports and Entertainment / Kim A. Beasley and Thomas D. Davies

Ch. 48. Landscape Design / Yoshisuke Miyake

Ch. 49. Universal Design of Products / Molly Follette Story and James L. Mueller

Ch. 50. Universal Design in Automobile Design / Aaron Stainfeld and Edward Steinfeld

Ch. 51. Advances in Universal Design Education in the United States / Polly Welch and Stanton Jones

Ch. 52. Integrating Universal Design into the Interior Design Curriculum / Louise Jones

Ch. 53. Designing Cultural Futures at the University of Western Australia / Annette Pederson

Ch. 54. Universal Design as a Critical Tool in Design Education / Ruth Morrow

Ch. 55. Universal Design Research Collaboration Between Industry and a University in Japan / Chitose Ikeda and Noriko Takayanagi

Ch. 56. Post-Occupancy Evaluation from a Universal Design Perspective / Shauna Corry

Ch. 57. Universal Design Evaluation in Brazil: Development of Rating Scales / Marcelo Pinto Guimaraes

Ch. 58. Creating an Accessible Public Realm / Sandra Manley

Ch. 59. Promoting Nonhandicapping Environments in the Asia-Pacific Region / Katsushi Sato

Ch. 60. A Neighborhood Fit for People: Universal Design on the South Boston Waterfront / Valerie Fletcher

Ch. 61. Adding Vision to Universal Design / Cynthia Stuen and Roxanne Offner

Ch. 62. A Capital Planning Approach to ADA Implementation in Local Public School Districts / John P. Petronis and Robert W. Robie

Ch. 63. Access in Rebuilding Beirut's Center / Riadh Tappuni

Ch. 64. The Ed Roberts Campus: Building a Dream / Susan Goltsman

Ch. 65. Fundamentals and Priorities for Design of Information and Telecommunications Technologies / Gregg Vanderheiden

Ch. 66. Access to the World Wide Web: Technical and Policy Perspectives / Judy Brewer

Ch. 67. Universal Design in Film and Media / Larry Goldberg

Ch. 68. User-Centered Deployment and Integration of Smart Card Technology: The DISTINCT Project / Jim Sandhu and Alan Leibert

Ch. 69. Creating the Universally Designed City: Prospects for the New Century / Leslie Kanes Weisman