Enhancement of Women Quality of Life through Universal Design Technique”
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2021
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UMT Lahore
Abstract
The Universal design is a kind of design and composition of any building, environment or product
which is accessible to all people to the highest potential magnitude, in the most independent and
natural manner possible and in the widest possible variety of situations irrespective of age, gender,
abilities, characteristic, disabilities and other factors. The universal design concept was began to
be measured in Europe, Japan, and the United States.
There are many alarming features in the disturbance of Johar Town’s sustainability and women
lifestyle. The problems which are destroying the Johar Town’s sustainability are lack of
accessibility, zero walkability, zero security and safety, lack of green infrastructure, traffic
congestion, women lifestyle, slums issue and garbage in vacant lots. The problems in Johar Town
creates environmental degradation which results in health problem, no security and safety results
in the robbery, disturbance in quality life of people living in neighborhood, reduces walkability
and minimizing the sustainability, slums in a neighborhood creates garbage problem and usability
of an area.
The study is about all the problems with solutions which came in a path of quality life and
sustainability are to make the design of the neighborhood more accessible by universal design
parameters, to give the proposals on the real time project, to improve the green infrastructure of
the neighborhood, to make the environment and lifestyle of the people more active, to make an
accessible and safety free spaces for women to move in and out of the area and to upgrade the slum
by incremental housing.
The technique can allude to the hypothetical examination of the strategies suitable to a field of
study or the assortment of techniques and standards specific to a part of information.
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As a result, the majorly eighth highlighting problems are considered which are-accessibility,
security and safety, lack of green infrastructure, walkability, road infrastructure, women lifestyle,
slum and vacant plots. The principles of Universal design were adopted to implement such a design
which can be accessible and usable by all kind of people.
Our idea aims at suggesting a Universal Neighborhood that will increase the quality of life of
people especially of women, increases the walkability and accessibility of an area and make a
sustainable neighborhood.