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A framework for minimising design exclusion (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Clarkson, P. J., & Keates, S. (2003). A framework for minimising design exclusion. In Conference Proceedings on International Conference on Inclusive Design and Communications (INCLUDE 2003)

It is known that many products are not accessible to large sections of the population since designers instinctively focus on providing the necessary utility for someone matching their own physical and skill capabilities (Cooper, 1999). They are eithe... Read More about A framework for minimising design exclusion.

User capabilities and product demands (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Clarkson, J., & Keates, S. (2003). User capabilities and product demands. In Conference Proceedings on International Conference on Inclusive Design and Communications (INCLUDE 2003)

Currently, 1000 million of the world population have a noticeable degree of functional impairment. It is well established that impairments such as hearing, vision and reduced motor capability are of a degenerative nature and associated with increasin... Read More about User capabilities and product demands.

UK and US industrial perspectives on inclusive design (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dong, H., Keates, S., & Clarkson, J. (2003). UK and US industrial perspectives on inclusive design. In Conference Proceedings on International Conference on Inclusive Design and Communications (INCLUDE 2003)

Inclusive design and its US counterpart universal design present opportunities and challenges to industry. However, despite the motivations for adoption of more inclusive design practices, industry has been slow to adopt them (Keates and Clarkson, 20... Read More about UK and US industrial perspectives on inclusive design.

Supporting the adoption of inclusive design practices (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Keates, S., & Clarkson, J. (2003). Supporting the adoption of inclusive design practices. In Conference Proceedings on An International Conference on Inclusive Design for Society and Business

It is known that many people are being excluded unnecessarily from using products and services and that this exclusion often arises because the designers have not taken the end-users into account fully. There are clear knowledge gaps that need to be... Read More about Supporting the adoption of inclusive design practices.

Identifying design exclusion: a review of assessment methods (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cardoso, C., Keates, S., & Clarkson, J. (2003). Identifying design exclusion: a review of assessment methods. In Conference Proceedings on An International Conference on Inclusive Design for Society and Business

It is often the case that informal and intuitive approaches to usability evaluation produce designs that overlook the needs, wants and aspirations of a wide range of consumers across diverse populations. The result is people of all ages being disadva... Read More about Identifying design exclusion: a review of assessment methods.

Reshaping social movement media for a new millennium. (2003)
Journal Article
Atton, C. (2003). Reshaping social movement media for a new millennium. Social Movement Studies, 2, 3-15

This article contextualizes Indymedia, the Internet-based network of Independent Media Centres (IMCs) that has developed since the 30 November protests in Seattle against the World Trade Organization talks there in 1999. In a short space of time this... Read More about Reshaping social movement media for a new millennium..

A network of inscrutable canyons: wartime London’s sensory landscapes. (2003)
Book Chapter
Wasson, S. (2003). A network of inscrutable canyons: wartime London’s sensory landscapes. In L. Phillips (Ed.), The Swarming Streets: Twentieth-Century Literary Representations of London (77-95). Rodopi

Sensory abundance has always been a hallmark of cities, but with the onset of World War II London’s sensory geography was transformed. The resulting city lacked many of the hallmarks of cities before or since, and novels, photographs, and even card... Read More about A network of inscrutable canyons: wartime London’s sensory landscapes..

Dissolving the people. (2003)
Book Chapter
Turner, M. (2003). Dissolving the people. In N. Pun, & L. Yee (Eds.), Narrating Hong Kong Culture and Identity (24-51). Oxford University Press

Addressing gaps in the availability of travel behaviour data. (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Schmoecker, J., Cooper, J. A., Polak, J. W., & Wigan, M. (2003). Addressing gaps in the availability of travel behaviour data.

The aim of this paper is to present the results of a project undertaken to identify key areas in which shortcomings in the collection, processing and dissemination of travel behavioural data have held back needed research and, building on this, to de... Read More about Addressing gaps in the availability of travel behaviour data..

The Structural behaviour of timber joints made with fully overlapping nails. (2003)
Thesis
Porteous, A. The Structural behaviour of timber joints made with fully overlapping nails. (Thesis). Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/2787

An integrated programme of experimental and analytical work was carried out to evaluate the nonlinear semi-rigid characteristics of timber connections using fully overlapping nails subjected to short duration lateral loading and moment. The investi... Read More about The Structural behaviour of timber joints made with fully overlapping nails..

Resolving transport issues in rural areas: research report. (2003)
Report
McQuaid, R. W., Bond, S., & Hollywood, E. (2003). Resolving transport issues in rural areas: research report

The overall purpose of this study was to identify a means of improving access to public services for the residents of Argyll and Bute who need an effective and integrated transport system to enable them to access health and other services both locall... Read More about Resolving transport issues in rural areas: research report..

Re-reading Edward Weston. (2003)
Book Chapter
McGrath, R. (2003). Re-reading Edward Weston. In L. Wells (Ed.), The Photography Reader (327-337). Routledge