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On Orientation of Visually Impaired People in Public Space

Architecture, Civil Engineering, Environment
Volume 11 (2018): Issue 3 (September 2018)
By: Beata KOMAR  
Open Access
|Apr 2019

Figures & Tables

Figure 1.

Blind woman using her white walking stick. Source: goodluz/shutterstock.com

Figure 2.

Advertisements in urban space. Source: Wyborcza.pl

Figure 3.

Example of a change of the pavement level by one step Source: Photo taken by the author

Figure 4.

Large doormat in the inner entrance areato a shopping centre. Source: Photo taken by the author

Figure 5.

An example of a large recessed doormat in the outer entrance area to a shopping centre. Source: Photo taken by the author

Figure 6.

Guiding lines interrupted by a large doormat and a sliding door, railway station Gliwice. Source: Photo taken by the author

Figure 7.

Guiding lines, tactile paving surfaces. Source: Photo taken by the author

Figure 8.

Typhlographic map on the railway station in Katowice. Source: Altix

Figure 9.

Signs on doors, covers on handrails in the Regional Social Welfare Centre in Poznań. Source: Altix

Figure 10.

Scale model of the Żupny Castle in Wieliczka. Photo: Internet

Figure 11.

Example of an urban development scale model. Photo: Internet

Figure 12.

Scale model of Wieluń, an example of distortion of the city view. Photo. Internet
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/acee-2018-035 | Journal eISSN: 2720-6947 | Journal ISSN: 1899-0142
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Language: English
Page range: 27 - 32
Submitted on: Jun 21, 2018
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Accepted on: Aug 23, 2018
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Published on: Apr 4, 2019
Published by: Silesian University of Technology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
Blind and visually impaired people,
Orientation in public space
Related subjects:
Architecture and design,
Architecture,
Architects, buildings

© 2019 Beata KOMAR, published by Silesian University of Technology
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