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Universal Mobility Index
18/11/06
Press Release Universal Mobility Index gathers momentum
Words@bld50 on 3rd August 2006 featured a presentation entitled access all areas by Optometrist and Social Science post-grad student Ralph Green, co-director of Visionary Design Development Pty Ltd a business member of AfP. Ralph introduced an innovative concept he was working on that measures equity of access in the built environment.
The thesis which develops a theoretical and methodological framework for a Universal Mobility Index (UMI) is now complete and generating considerable interest from government, architects, planners, Disabled Peoples Organisations and building industry stakeholders as well as internationally.
The UMI is a unique tool to quantatively measure, compare and longtitudinally track equity of access provision across all parts of the built environment.
Uniquely, people with disabilities are empowered by placing them at the centre of decision making on identifying, measuring and prioritising removal of barriers.
The UMI also includes a policy rating component which probes and rates the inclusion of the views of people with disabilities in policy making affecting the built environment.
Ralph and Mary Ann Jackson, architect, planner, accredited access consultant and fellow co-director of VDD are about to embark on a speaking tour of South America, visiting six countries in all, during January and February 2007.
For more about this research, including details of South America dates and venues go to www.vdd.com.au
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