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Transactions: WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT
Transactions ID Number: 29-523
Full Name: Konstantina Theresia Vozikis
Position: Doctor (Researcher)
Age: ON
Sex: Female
Address: Faneromenis 4, 15561 Cholargos, Athens
Country: GREECE
Tel: 6748540
Tel prefix: 0030210
Fax: 6753780
E-mail address: konstantina.vozikis@geomet.gr
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Title of the Paper: Are there accessible environments in Athens, Greece today?
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Konstantina Theresia Vozikis
Email addresses of all the authors: konstantina.vozikis@geomet.gr
Number of paper pages: 10
Abstract: This paper aims to reveal the general goals of Universal Design and Universal Access according to the normative situation in the European Community, focusing on the existing situation in Greece. As Athens was the last European city where (Para-) Olympic Games took place, the results of a comparative study are presented, revealing accessibility conditions to buildings of public use in Greece's capital. Using a study carried out in 1984, the changes regarding Universal Access over the last two and a half decades are investigated. Building categories such as ministries, hospitals, higher-degree educational buildings, museums, cinemas and theatres were visited and re-evaluated with the help of a specific protocol in 2004 and 2009. In the end, the degree of improvement is discussed and conclusions are drawn.
Keywords: universal design, universal access, buildings of public use, disability, survey, Athens
EXTENSION of the file: .doc
Special (Invited) Session: Are we heading towards accessible environments?
Organizer of the Session: 620-312R
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