How to get there – An accessible housing and living environment
Authors
The Swedish National Board of Housing, Building and PlanningSession
C1. Workshop: Accessible housing and livingDate and Time
2014-06-17, 10:20 - 12:00Room
MA 8Abstract
Aim of the workshop
The workshop aims to create a picture of how different countries work with accessi-bility in order to create an accessible housing and living environments.
Objective of the workshop
The objective of the workshop is to share experiences and to learn from participating countries different ways to work with accessibility in housing and living environ-ments.
Questions to participating countries
In order to prepare the workshop Boverket would like to get some information on how different countries work to achieve accessibility in housing and living environ-ments. Therefore we kindly ask you to answer following questions. We would be grateful to get the answers as soon as possible and latest May 26, 2014.
Question 1 – New housing and living environments When planning new housing and living environments, what accessibility regulations do you have in your country? Please give some examples on how the accessibility regulations have been imple-mented in new buildings and environments? This can for example be explained in photos of good examples together with short facts about it.
Question 2 – Existing housing and living environments When it comes to rebuilding existing buildings and environment, what accessibility regulations do you have in your country? Please give some examples on how the accessibility regulations have been imple-mented in existing buildings and environments when rebuilding? This can for exam-ple be explained in photos of good examples together with short facts about it.
Question 3 – Regulations on improving accessibility in existing housing and living environments Sweden has regulations on improving accessibility in existing public buildings and public spaces that were built before today’s accessibility regulations demands. Do you have any similar regulations in your country? If yes, please give some exam-ples on how improved accessibility in existing public buildings and public spaces can be achieved. This can for example be explained in photos of good examples together with short facts about it.
Question 4 – Other ways to achieve accessibility Do you have other instruments for achieving accessibility that are not connected to law and regulations? If yes, please give some examples.