Access to Waterfront Landscapes for Tourists Living with Disabilities

In this paper an overview on the inclusive spatial design tools providing equal access to waterfront landscapes for tourists living with disabilities will be given. The focus is on close-to-natural areas which are popular because of their recreational potential. These areas present special natural a...

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Main Authors: Szaszák Gabriella, Fekete Albert, Kecskés Tibor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2017-04-01
Series:YBL Journal of Built Environment
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/jbe-2017-0001
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spelling doaj-97f4612b02aa4c9b93905285b149a19f2021-09-06T19:40:26ZengSciendoYBL Journal of Built Environment2064-25202017-04-015151310.1515/jbe-2017-0001jbe-2017-0001Access to Waterfront Landscapes for Tourists Living with DisabilitiesSzaszák Gabriella0Fekete Albert1Kecskés Tibor2Faculty of Landscape Architecture and Urbanism, Szent Istvan University, Budapest, HungaryFaculty of Landscape Architecture and Urbanism, Szent Istvan University, Budapest, HungaryStudio for Architecture and Interior Design, Budapest, HungaryIn this paper an overview on the inclusive spatial design tools providing equal access to waterfront landscapes for tourists living with disabilities will be given. The focus is on close-to-natural areas which are popular because of their recreational potential. These areas present special natural and landscape values, and mostly are ecologically vulnerable. In these important ecological surroundings human presence and landscape values must be harmonized.https://doi.org/10.1515/jbe-2017-0001inclusive landscape designlandscape architecturedisabilityaccessibilitywaterfront tourism
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author Szaszák Gabriella
Fekete Albert
Kecskés Tibor
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Fekete Albert
Kecskés Tibor
Access to Waterfront Landscapes for Tourists Living with Disabilities
YBL Journal of Built Environment
inclusive landscape design
landscape architecture
disability
accessibility
waterfront tourism
author_facet Szaszák Gabriella
Fekete Albert
Kecskés Tibor
author_sort Szaszák Gabriella
title Access to Waterfront Landscapes for Tourists Living with Disabilities
title_short Access to Waterfront Landscapes for Tourists Living with Disabilities
title_full Access to Waterfront Landscapes for Tourists Living with Disabilities
title_fullStr Access to Waterfront Landscapes for Tourists Living with Disabilities
title_full_unstemmed Access to Waterfront Landscapes for Tourists Living with Disabilities
title_sort access to waterfront landscapes for tourists living with disabilities
publisher Sciendo
series YBL Journal of Built Environment
issn 2064-2520
publishDate 2017-04-01
description In this paper an overview on the inclusive spatial design tools providing equal access to waterfront landscapes for tourists living with disabilities will be given. The focus is on close-to-natural areas which are popular because of their recreational potential. These areas present special natural and landscape values, and mostly are ecologically vulnerable. In these important ecological surroundings human presence and landscape values must be harmonized.
topic inclusive landscape design
landscape architecture
disability
accessibility
waterfront tourism
url https://doi.org/10.1515/jbe-2017-0001
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