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Author:   Edward Steinfeld ,  G. Scott Danford
Publisher:   Springer Science+Business Media
Imprint:   Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
Edition:   1999 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.760kg
ISBN:  

9780306458910

ISBN 10:   0306458918
Pages:   418
Publication Date:   30 April 1999
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

I. Theory.- 1. Theory as a Basis for Research on Enabling Environments.- 2. Research Implications of Universal Design.- 3. Space Requirements for Accessibility: Cross-Cultural Comparisons.- II. Reliability and Validity.- 4. “The Enabler” Applied to Occupational Therapy: Reliability of a Usability Rating Scale.- 5. Measuring the Influences of Physical Environments on the Behaviors of People with Impairments.- 6. Measuring Constraints to Inhabitant Activities.- 7. Assessing Special Care Units for Dementia: The Professional Environmental Assessment Protocol.- 8. Using Environmental Simulation to Test the Validity of Code Requirements.- III. New Directions in Research Methods.- 9. A Day’s Journey Through life©: An Assessment Game.- 10. Detection and Discrimination of Tactile Warning Signals in Field Conditions.- 11. Stigma and Architecture.- 12. Evaluating Models and Measures of Environmental Performance.- IV. Measurment in Practice.- 13. Computer Simulation of Cane Techniques Used by People with Visual Impairments for Accessibility Anaylsis.- 14. Evaluating Accessibility Through Computer-Aided Design: A Software Model.- 15. Wayfinding Performance by People with Visual Impairments.- 16. Postoccupancy Evaluation of Universally Accessible Multi-Family Housing Units.- 17. Selecting Person—Environment Assessment.

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