A Built Environment for All Ages: exploring the challenges of accessibility
19 March 2010
A Built Environment for All Ages: exploring the challenges of accessibility
Hosted by: Edinburgh College of Art
Sponsored by: KT-EQUAL
Event organisers:
Anna Orme, OPENspace Administrator
Helen Haigh, KT-EQUAL Coordinator
Date: 19 March 2010
Venue:
Edinburgh College of Art
Main College Lecture Theatre, Edinburgh College of Art,
Lauriston Place, Edinburgh.
There is growing evidence that well-designed outdoor spaces can enhance the long-term personal health and wellbeing of those who use them regularly. A Built Environment for All Ages will examine what this means for older people and pedestrians with impaired mobility. With key speakers from Scottish local and national government, leading academics and advocates for older people, the event will make connections between policy, research and practice. Combining short trigger presentations with workshops, it will seek to identify how ‘joined up thinking' amongst all those who shape outdoor environments can create truly inclusive places, from local neighbourhoods to entire cities.
The event is being hosted by I'DGO (Inclusive Design for Getting Outdoors), which is funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council's EQUAL programme. I'DGO is built around a core group of international academics in three leading research centres: the Edinburgh-based OPENspace; SURFACE at Salford; and the Wellbeing in Sustainable Environments research unit, based in Warwick. The multi-disciplinary consortium is a virtual centre of excellence, involving a wide range of partners engaged in older people's issues. With active involvement in the KT-EQUAL initiative, I'DGO operates at the forefront of knowledge transfer and is committed to maximising the accessibility of its research.
The event will be of interest to academics, policy makers, practitioners, older people and other beneficiaries.
For further information, please visit www.idgo.ac.uk or follow www.twitter.com/idgoresearch.
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