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Building Accessible, Safe and Inclusive Indian Cities

Authors:
Nanda Kishore Alegala Nagabhushanam
Kanika Bansal

Keywords: Accessiblity; Safety; Inclusive cities; Persons with Disability

Abstract:
The action research project on Building Accessible, Safe and Inclusive Indian Cities (BASIIC) intends to showcase the implementation frameworks on how to strengthen and build institutional capacities at national, state and local levels on inclusion, accessibility and safety of vulnerable, marginalized and excluded groups with special focus on persons with disability. The paper highlights the existing status of the disabled population and the concerns addressed in the latest government schemes in India, the BASIIC project genesis, goals and objectives, as well as its detailed approach and methodology. The project envisaged its learnings to be useful in developing guidelines and policy recommendations at the national level and implementation of pilot projects through convergence with the Smart City Mission.

Pages: 7 to 12

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2020

Publication date: March 22, 2020

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2519-8378

ISBN: 978-1-61208-767-2

Location: Valencia, Spain

Dates: from November 21, 2020 to November 25, 2020