Assessing the disability inclusiveness of university buildings

Authors

Wai Kin, Elvis Lau, Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong, Vocational Training CouncilFollow
Daniel C.W. Ho, Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong, Vocational Training CouncilFollow
Yung Yau, City University of Hong Kong

Staff Page Link

Dr LAU Wai Kin, Elvis

Sr Prof HO Chi Wing, Daniel

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

2014

Keywords

Barrier-free access, Building performance assessment, Disability inclusion, Universal design

DOI

10.3846/1648715X.2015.1107653

Abstract

With rights to access becoming basic human rights, a tool for building disability inclusiveness assessment is necessary to tell how far we have gone to include people with disabilities in buildings. This article proposes a Building Inclusiveness Assessment Score (BIAS) framework which is made up of two hierarchies of inclusion attributes, namely the Physical Disability Inclusion Sub-score (PDIS) and the Visual Impairment Inclusion Sub-score (VIIS). The tool allows simple, quantitative and more objective assessments of buildings. Using the tool, forty-eight university buildings from four universities in Hong Kong were assessed for illustrating its real-life application.

Source Publication

International Journal of Strategic Property Management

Volume Number

1

Issue Number

2

First Page

114

Last Page

118

Recommended Citation

Lau, W.,Ho, D.,& Yau, Y. (2014). Assessing the disability inclusiveness of university buildings. International Journal of Strategic Property Management, 1 (2), 114-118. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/1648715X.2015.1107653