| Title |
Charting Access and Inclusion in Future Cities |
| ID_Doc |
42449 |
| Authors |
Pineda, VS |
| Title |
Charting Access and Inclusion in Future Cities |
| Year |
2020 |
| Published |
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| DOI |
10.1007/978-3-030-32988-4_8 |
| Abstract |
How can access and inclusion become an integral part of the cities of the future? Initiatives such as Smart Dubai hold the answers to making infrastructure investments that deliver economic and social advantage to all of a city's people. This chapter looks at the concept of the "Smart City," namely cities that use decision making, planning, and infrastructure to achieve vastly improved connectivity, efficiency, and access to city services. However, the Smart City also needs to be an accessible city. The Dubai Disability Strategy created a framework for shared governance and measurable progress toward ensuring that Dubai would become an inclusive, rights-based, barrier-free city for people with disabilities. By integrating accessibility standards into the procurement process and standardizing national platforms in line with global access requirements, the government of Dubai can leverage technology to bridge the divide between people with disabilities and those without. The success of the Dubai Strategic Plan and the Dubai Disability Strategy have created a blueprint for inclusive public policy and spurred new initiatives at the federal level. Dubai's local law and strategy is reforming federal institutions. The scaling up of local practices promises to be a catalyst for an even greater commitment to building accessible and inclusive cities across the region. |
| Author Keywords |
Accessibility standards; Bridging the divide; Local law of Dubai; Smart City; Dubai Disability Strategy; Barrier-free; Inclusion; Access to city services; Equity; Connectivity; Efficiency; Local practices; Smart Dubai; Global access; Global cities |
| Index Keywords |
Index Keywords |
| Document Type |
Other |
| Open Access |
Open Access |
| Source |
Book Citation Index – Social Sciences & Humanities (BKCI-SSH) |
| EID |
WOS:000637792500009 |
| WoS Category |
Area Studies; Public Administration; Urban Studies |
| Research Area |
Area Studies; Public Administration; Urban Studies |
| PDF |
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2F978-3-030-32988-4_8.pdf
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