Five accessibility challenges in access auditing mosque designs
Mosques are frequently visited because it is a place for worshipping God for devoted Muslims and its communal qualities. The lack of accessibility creates physical barriers for PwDs and the elderly and has discouraged them from joining congregational prayers. Mosque accessibility is a prolonged issu...
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| author | Abd Samad, Nur Amirah Abdul Rahim, Asiah Said, Ismail |
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| description | Mosques are frequently visited because it is a place for worshipping God for devoted Muslims and its communal qualities. The lack of accessibility creates physical barriers for PwDs and the elderly and has discouraged them from joining congregational prayers. Mosque accessibility is a prolonged issue that needs mitigation hence the access challenges. Five accessibility challenges are discussed by assessing the Mosque's typical design and its facilities to its level of accessibility. Conclusively, the five access challenges reviewed in Access Auditing of mosque’s cases should be the focus for renovation and upgrading to be an inclusive Mosque. |
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| publishDate | 2019 |
| publisher | AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Mala |
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| spelling | iium-785932020-09-14T22:49:22Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/78593/ Five accessibility challenges in access auditing mosque designs Abd Samad, Nur Amirah Abdul Rahim, Asiah Said, Ismail NA1995 Architecture as a profession NA2545.A1 Architecture and people with disabilities Mosques are frequently visited because it is a place for worshipping God for devoted Muslims and its communal qualities. The lack of accessibility creates physical barriers for PwDs and the elderly and has discouraged them from joining congregational prayers. Mosque accessibility is a prolonged issue that needs mitigation hence the access challenges. Five accessibility challenges are discussed by assessing the Mosque's typical design and its facilities to its level of accessibility. Conclusively, the five access challenges reviewed in Access Auditing of mosque’s cases should be the focus for renovation and upgrading to be an inclusive Mosque. AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Mala 2019-12 Proceeding Paper PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/78593/1/1937-7427-1-PB.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/78593/8/LoAA%20AcE-Bs2019LangkawiIsland%20IE%20001.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/78593/19/Langkawi-Prog-Bk-55-fin.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/78593/25/78593_Five%20accessibility%20challenges%20in%20access%20auditing%20mosque%20designs.pdf Abd Samad, Nur Amirah and Abdul Rahim, Asiah and Said, Ismail (2019) Five accessibility challenges in access auditing mosque designs. In: 8th Asian Conference on Environment-Behaviour Studies, 18 - 19 Dec 2019, Langkawi Island, Malaysia. https://doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v4i12 |
| spellingShingle | NA1995 Architecture as a profession NA2545.A1 Architecture and people with disabilities Abd Samad, Nur Amirah Abdul Rahim, Asiah Said, Ismail Five accessibility challenges in access auditing mosque designs |
| title | Five accessibility challenges in access auditing mosque designs |
| title_full | Five accessibility challenges in access auditing mosque designs |
| title_fullStr | Five accessibility challenges in access auditing mosque designs |
| title_full_unstemmed | Five accessibility challenges in access auditing mosque designs |
| title_short | Five accessibility challenges in access auditing mosque designs |
| title_sort | five accessibility challenges in access auditing mosque designs |
| topic | NA1995 Architecture as a profession NA2545.A1 Architecture and people with disabilities |
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