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Author : Gail Knight
Release : 2011
Genre : People with disabilities
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 394/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Publically Accessible Toilets by : Gail Knight
Download or read book Publically Accessible Toilets written by Gail Knight. This book was released on 2011. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jo-Anne Bichard
Release : 2015
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Book Synopsis Extending Architectural Affordance by : Jo-Anne Bichard
Download or read book Extending Architectural Affordance written by Jo-Anne Bichard. This book was released on 2015. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : House of Commons Communities and Local G
Release : 2008-10-22
Genre : Health & Fitness
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Book Rating : 877/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Provision of Public Toilets by : House of Commons Communities and Local G
Download or read book The Provision of Public Toilets written by House of Commons Communities and Local G. This book was released on 2008-10-22. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public toilets matter to everybody, regardless of their age, class, ethnic origin, gender, mental ability or physical ability, and they are even more important to certain sections of society, including older people, disabled people, women, families with young children and tourists. While the Public Health Act 1936 gives local authorities a power to provide public toilets, it imposes no duty to do so, and this lack of compulsion, together with a perception of nuisance associated with them, has arguably resulted in a steady decline in the provision of public toilets in recent years. This decline needs to be addressed. The Committee supports the Government's Strategic Guide on the provision of public toilets, "Improving Public Access to Better Quality Toilets" (2008), which highlighted existing powers at the disposal of local authorities that can be used to improve public access to toilets. Some local authorities have developed strategies for the provision of clean, safe, accessible toilets, including partnerships with local businesses (such as pubs, cafes and shops) that make their own toilets available to non-customers. Other local authorities are less committed, which has led to great disparities between different towns and regions. Some local authorities may have used the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 as an excuse to close public toilets, rather than bring them up to the standards required by the Act. This report seeks to consider the evidence and to produce simple and practical recommendations to improve this important social amenity. The over-riding recommendation is that the Government imposes a duty on local authorities to develop a public toilet strategy, which should involve consultation with the local community, for their own area.
Author : Lezlie Lowe
Release : 2018-09-11
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 612/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis No Place To Go by : Lezlie Lowe
Download or read book No Place To Go written by Lezlie Lowe. This book was released on 2018-09-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adults don't talk about the business of doing our business. We work on one assumption: the world of public bathrooms is problem- and politics-free. No Place To Go: Answering the Call of Nature in the Urban Jungle reveals the opposite is true. No Place To Go is a toilet tour from London to San Francisco to Toronto and beyond. From pay potties to deserted alleyways, No Place To Go is a marriage of urbanism, social narrative, and pop culture that shows the ways — momentous and mockable — public bathrooms just don't work. Like, for the homeless, who, faced with no place to go sometimes literally take to the streets. (Ever heard of a municipal poop map?) For people with invisible disabilities, such as Crohn’s disease, who stay home rather than risk soiling themselves on public transit routes. For girls who quit sports teams because they don’t want to run to the edge of the pitch to pee. Celebrities like Lady Gaga and Bruce Springsteen have protested bathroom bills that will stomp on the rights of transpeople. And where was Hillary Clinton after she arrived back to the stage late after the first commercial break of the live-televised Democratic leadership debate in December 2015? Stuck in a queue for the women’s bathroom. Peel back the layers on public bathrooms and it’s clear many more people want for good access than have it. Public bathroom access is about cities, society, design, movement, and equity. The real question is: Why are public toilets so crappy?
Author : Clara Greed
Release : 2007-06-01
Genre : Architecture
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Book Rating : 187/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Inclusive Urban Design: Public Toilets by : Clara Greed
Download or read book Inclusive Urban Design: Public Toilets written by Clara Greed. This book was released on 2007-06-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a unique text providing both design guidance and policy direction for the provision and design of public toilets covering city-wide, district-level and site-specific principles. It highlights the role of urban design in reversing the trend of inadequate toilet provision, and sets out guidelines for design which meets both user need and provider requirements. Greed presents the fundamental principle that toilets should not be dealt with in isolation from mainstream urban policy, but that they should be seen as a serious core component in both strategic urban policy and local area design. She argues toilets are valuable townscape features in their own right as manifestation civic pride and good urban design - essential architectural components which add to the quality and viability of an area. Although a range of design guidance on toilets exists there is still considerable dissatisfaction with the end product in terms of building design, levels of provision, location, safety, layout, DDA requirements and accessibility. By outlining user demands and provider constraints, Greed shows that it is essential for architects to have an informed understanding and practical knowledge of toilet issues when working with public and private sector providers. Examples of toilet architecture from other countries, and policies from different cultural settings, are included for comparative purposes to invigorate UK perspectives.
