Accessible Landscapes Designing for Inclusion

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About 20% of our population experience some form of disability at any given time, and our public spaces have been inadvertently been designed in ways which exclude that 20% to some degree. Since the advent of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the requirements for urban facility design are moving towards universal access. This idea book is directed towards that goal, and is loaded with illustrations providing a stimulating look at the possibilities for improved signs, maps, furniture, drinking fountains, garden beds, etc. Architects, landscape architects and product engineers will find numerous innovative, seminal designs to serve as springboards for further innovation. City planners, park and recreation administrators, and access advocates will find a new framework for discussions of what accessibility means, as we move forward in making public spaces more usable for our entire community. To order, call (415) 338-1568, or write The ACCESSIBLE LANDSCAPES Project, Dept. of Plant Operations, San Francisco University, 1600 Holloway, San Francisco, CA 94132.