I.18 INDEX
U.K. University of the Third Age. See U3A
Ullern Finishing School (Norway), 42.3
ULOS (unobstructable lines of sight), 7.3, 7.4, 7.5
Unemployment, disability and, 23.1–23.2
Uniform Federal Accessibility Standard. See UFAS
Unilever, 36.5
United Kingdom, 17.10, 21.2–21.3, 21.8, 33.3, 36.3,
36.6, 36.11, 41.1. See also RCA
accessibility codes and standards in, 25.4, 44.5
aging in, 32.10
universal design in, 1.4–1.5
universal design workshop in, 36.10
United Nations, 5.1, 5.4–5.5, 44.9
accessibility codes and standards of, 41.2
Special Rapporteur, 5.2
United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons
with Disabilities, 5.1–5.9, 33.1
accessibility and, 5.4–5.5
definition of terms, 5.3–5.4
implementation measures of, 5.5
monitoring mechanism of, 5.5
process towards, 5.2
United Nations Declaration on Human Rights, 5.1
United Nations Millennium Development Goals,
Fundamental Human Rights, 44.9
United Nations Standard Rules for the Equalization
of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities,
5.1–5.6, 5.2, 44.9
United Nations Treaty on the Human Rights of
People with Disabilities, 37.2
United States, 1.4, 4.3, 4.4, 4.8, 9.2, 10.10, 18.1,
18.2, 19.9, 20.1, 20.4, 20.5, 20.7, 23.2,
26.1–26.10, 27.2, 27.8, 29.4–29.6, 29.6–29.7,
29.8, 29.9–29.10, 29.11, 30.5–30.8, 32.2, 32.3,
32.5, 32.9, 33.3, 34.1–34.2, 34.3, 34.5, 35.5,
38.1, 38.2, 38.6, 41.1, 42.2
accessibility codes and standards in,
6.1–6.7, 25.4
accessibility in, 1.5, 6.1–6.7, 7.1–7.7, 25.4, 41.1
accessibility legislation and regulations in,
6.2–6.3, 7.1–7.7
accessible design in, 1.5, 41.1
aging in, 32.10
bathrooms in, 30.1–30.2
building codes of, 6.1–6.7
demographic trends, 8.3, 32.9–32.10
housing in, 24.3–24.12, 25.1–25.7
obesity demographics, 8.3
universal design in, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 44.4
“Universal access” software, 32.4
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 5.2
Universal Design, Clarification of the Concept,
10.10
“Universal Design: Designing Our Future”
(Germany), 13.3–13.4
Universal Design (Periodical), 1.7
Universal design (UD), 3.2, 4.8, 6.1, 6.4, 7.1, 9.2,
23.3, 24.8, 24.9, 24.11, 24.12, 25.7, 26.5, 29.5,
30.4, 30.5, 30.6, 32.2, 32.3, 32.4, 32.5, 32.6,
32.7, 32.8, 32.9, 34.7, 36.5, 36.6, 36.7, 36.10,
36.12, 37.8, 38.3, 39.4, 45.6
Universal design (UD) (Cont.):
as access for all, 17.7
accessibility vs., 6.1
accessible design and, 1.5
aging and, 1.4
as American development, 44.3
assessment framework for, 38.1–38.3
assessment methods and metrics for, 44.9–44.10
assessment research, elements of, 38.6
assessment research, field-based, 38.6
assessment research, history of, 38.1–38.2
assessment research, potential outcomes of, 38.6
assessment research agenda, 38.4–38.6
assessments, codification of, 38.4
assistive technology relationship to, 32.8–32.9
of automobiles, 31.1–31.8, 38.2
barrier-free design and, 1.5, 13.2
bathroom, 29.7–29.9, 30.1–30.8
beginnings of, 39.2
in Brazil, 14.1–14.7
builders and, 29.3–29.12
business and, 1.7–1.8
case study collection of, 37.1–37.10
case study evaluations, 38.1–38.2
certification in, 1.9
in China, 44.4
connection with poverty, 44.4
consumer focus of, 44.9
contrarian view of, 44.3–44.11
critique of, 44.4–44.5
defined, 1.3, 4.3, 5.3, 10.10, 24.3, 26.7, 32.1, 38.6
definition for majority-world, 3.1–3.2
as design for all, 12.1, 37.6, 38.4, 44.3
design for all and, 1.5
design for all vs., 13.2–13.3
design-build model for, 40.1
disciplines relevant to, 38.3
education and, 1.6–1.9, 1.8–1.9, 29.3–29.6,
29.11–29.12, 34.9, 39.1–39.5
in education institutions, 18.1–18.10
effects of, 32.10
elevators for egress and, 8.4–8.5
emergence of, 1.4–1.6
enabler concept and, 1.5
Enabler system and, 23.9–23.11
evolving paradigm of, 1.6–1.8
of experiences, 21.1–21.7
as extension of commoditas, 12.1
Farm Science Review exhibit of, 29.7–29.8
focus on environment of, 43.6
in France, 12.1–12.9
as fundamental aspect of design, 37.5
general lessons learned from, 21.5
in Germany, 13.1–13.9
globalization and, 44.10
as good design, 14.2, 37.3
green design as, 2.4–2.5
guidelines, establishing, 38.6
history of, 44.5
Home for the Next 50 Years and, 26.1–26.10
Hong Kong workshop, 36.10