Inclusive urban design : public toilets / Greed ,Clara

Front Cover; Inclusive Urban Design: Public Toilets; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of Figures; List of Tables; Part One: The Problem of Public Toilets; Section One: The background; Chapter One: Introduction: background and context; Chapter Two: Conceptualising the problem of public toilets; Chapter Three: The historical development of public toilets; Chapter Four: The development of toilet provision within itslegal context; Section Two: Differing perspectives on the problem; Chapter Five: Cultural attitudes: separating or mixing. Chapter Six: Medical perspectives: incompetence orincontinenceChapter Seven: Environmental aspects: global and local; Part Two: The Solutions; Section Three: Design and policy change; Chapter Eight: Planning for toilets: city-wide macro level; Chapter Nine: Disability or dis-enablement; Chapter Ten: Universal urban design: district level; Chapter Eleven: Toilet design considerations: micro level; Section Four: Creating change; Chapter Twelve: Management, maintenance and finance; Chapter Thirteen: Creating change: user and providergroups; Chapter Fourteen: Routeways to change. Appendix: Toilet standards and guidanceBibliography; Toilet terms and acronyms; Web links; Toilet legislation; Author index; Subject index.

This is a unique text providing both design guidance and policy direction for the provision and design of public toilets covering city-wide, district-level and site-specific principles. It highlights the role of urban design in reversing the trend of inadequate toilet provision, and sets out guidelines for design which meets both user need and provider requirements. Greed presents the fundamental principle that toilets should not be dealt with in isolation from mainstream urban policy, but that they should be seen as a serious core component in bo.