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http://dx.doi.org/10.12672/ksis.2012.20.6.059

Design for Spatial Information for Effective Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities  

Ahn, Jong Wook (Urban Information Engineering, Anyang University)
Shin, Dong Bin (Urban Information Engineering, Anyang University)
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Spatial Information Research / v.20, no.6, 2012 , pp. 59-68 More about this Journal
Abstract
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is the international conventions to acknowledge that persons with disabilities have dignity as human being and to give us duty to make an effort for protection of persons with disabilities' rights. This study deducts several tasks in spatial information field to fulfill the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities effectively. First of all, For the deduction, this study starts by considering accessability, personal movement, freedom of expression and accessability to information. Second, this study defines persons with disabilities as the spatial information what ensure for prior considerations. Third, this study deducts some requirements on spatial information of persons with disabilities on the basis of the survey targeting persons with disabilities and the expert opinion, and suggests objectives, strategies, tasks, systems for effective implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Especially, this study sets up a goal on spatial information establishing strategy of persons with disabilities as 'Disadvantaged groups like persons with disabilities can obtain requirable information without distinction of person, thereby pursuing the convenience of life and improving the quality of life.
Keywords
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; types of disability; accessibility; mobility; spatial information;
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