Editorial

Norgate, Sarah; Melia, Steve

Abstract

Improving the urban environment for these vulnerable and excluded groups will be a key challenge for the planners of the future. So how can any interested readers reflect this in their own work? We argue here that the design of urban land use and public transport access for such heterogeneous populations demands collaborative multi-professional working between urban designers, urban planners, users, researchers, campaign groups, policy-makers and managers.

Taking up this challenge, this themed issue on ‘Disabilities and vulnerable road users in the urban environment’ draws on insights from European research leaders and campaigners.

• Journal Article Type: Editorial
• Acceptance Date: Apr 26, 2016
• Online Publication Date: May 9, 2016
• Publication Date: Jun 1, 2016
• Deposit Date: May 18, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: May 9, 2017
• Journal: Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Urban Design and Planning
• Print ISSN: 1755-0793
• Electronic ISSN: 1755-0807
• Publisher: Thomas Telford
• Peer Reviewed: Not Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 169
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 121-122
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1680/jurdp.2016.169.3.121
• Keywords: shared space, disabilities, vulnerable road users
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/911332
• Publisher URL: http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/full/10.1680/jurdp.2016.169.3.121
• Additional Information: Additional Information : This editorial was originally published as Norgate, S. and Melia, S. (2016) Disabilities and vulnerable road users in the urban environment - Editorial. Proceedings of the ICE - Urban Design and Planning, 169 (3). pp. 121-122 and can be found at http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/full/10.1680/jurdp.2016.169.3.121
• Contract Date: May 18, 2016