Equal living environments: urban design for reduced segregation and increased accessibility

Important results from the project

The project has developed work with universal design in terms of management and organization of municipal planning work and of the city as a spatial system. It has developed an important series of reflections and recommendations on the management and leadership of municipal planning practice in order to balance top-down and bottom-up processes as well as take care of existing competence and develop new ones. It has also developed innovative methods for spatial analysis to study not only obstacles but also enablers, and methods to work dynamically with so-called life world analyses.

Expected long term effects

The results provide important contributions for work with universal design in municipal planning. This includes advice and reflections on organization, applicable methods for spatial analysis, and approaches and understanding that enable increased direct collaboration with those concerned. It makes it possible to work with universal design as a system issue in completely new ways, and opens important doors enabling integration of important issues in the early stages and general planning level - but also in issues of prioritising and managing the challenge in everyday planning.

Approach and implementation

The project is based on collaboration between academia, municipal planning practice and disability rights organisations. Within a framework, it held early workshops to identify focus areas and key issues. Adjustments have had to be made as a result of the pandemic; especially site visits have had to be replaced by other forms of work. This has been a challenge, but in collaboration other methods have been used that have led to important and innovative results methodologically, practically, and theoretically. Future developments need to include more interaction on site.

External links

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