Contesting Urban Space and Disability in Highland<scp>E</scp>cuador

Rattray, Nicholas A.

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“…In Cuenca, Ecuador, the modernization of the bus system created barriers to access rather than remove them. New buses intended to be more efficient though the installation of turnstiles made it difficult for many persons with disabilities to board (Rattray, 2013). 32 This example for Ecuador supports the findings of a comparative study between rural and urban persons with disabilities in South Africa.…”

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The Inclusion Imperative. Forging an Inclusive New Urban Agenda

Pineda

Meyer

Cruz³

2017

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<p>Over the next 32 years, cities will shape virtually every aspect of global development, including the manner in which rights to housing, health, and education are won or wasted, implemented or ignored (Marcuse and Van Kempen, 2011; Sassen, 2011). The urban century can transform the productive capacity and outcomes of the estimated 400-600 million urban citizens who live with disabilities. This number is set to increase dramatically by 2050 when 66% of the global population will be living in cities (Acuto, 2013; Alger, 2013). Of the projected increase of 2.5 billion urban dwellers,<a title="" href="#_ftn1"><sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup></a> 15-20% are expected to be persons with disabilities.<a title="" href="#_ftn2">[2]</a> Well-planned cities have dramatically improved the social and economic outcomes for individuals with a range of disabilities, their families, and the larger communities they participate in. Well-planned cities take into consideration the widest range of needs and incorporate design standards that assume that a significant portion of the population may have difficulty seeing, hearing, or moving around without assistance.</p><p>A growing body of research now shows that the most pressing issue faced by millions of persons with disabilities worldwide is not their disability but rather social exclusion (Abendroth et al., 2015; Ahmmad et al., 2014; Al Qadi et al., 2012; Amedeo and Speicher, 1995; Anguelovski, 2013; Bezmez, 2013). Poor planning, and unregulated urban development can have devastating consequences for persons with disabilities. According to the United Nations CRPD Committee, “Without access to the physical environment, to transportation… and to other facilities and services open or provided to the public, persons with disabilities would not have equal opportunities for participation in their respective societies.”<a title="" href="#_ftn3">[3]</a> The committee also states that “Accessibility is a precondition for persons with disabilities to live independently and participate fully and equally in society.”<a title="" href="#_ftn4">[4]</a></p>Gender, ethnicity, and poverty, compound existing exclusions for persons with disabilities, limiting their access to opportunities.<div><br clear="all" /><hr align="left" size="1" width="33%" /><div><p class="Normal1"><a title="" href="#_ftnref1"><sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup></a> The proportion of the world’s urban population is expected to increase to approximately 57% by 2050. African Development Bank,<a href="/editor/%20http:/www.afdb.org/en/blogs/afdb-championing-inclusive-growth-across-africa/post/urbanization-in-africa-10143/"> http://www.afdb.org/en/blogs/afdb-championing-inclusive-growth-across-africa/post/urbanization-in-africa-10143/</a>.</p></div><div><p><a title="" href="#_ftnref2">[2]</a> Approximately 90% of this increase will be concentrated in African and Asian cities like Shenzhen, Karachi, Lagos, Guangzhou, Dhaka, Jakarta, and many others that have urbanized at a rate of 40-60% between 2000-2010</p></div><div><p><a title="" href="#_ftnref3">[3]</a> CRPD/C/GC/2</p></div><div><p><a title="" href="#_ftnref4">[4]</a> The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination guarantees everyone the right of access to any place or service intended for use by the general public, such as transport, hotels, restaurants, cafes, theatres and parks (art. 5 (f)). Thus, a precedent has been established in the international human rights legal framework for viewing the right to access as a right per se.</p></div></div>

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The Inclusion Imperative. Forging an Inclusive New Urban Agenda

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Cruz³

2017

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“…The sociospatial reproduction of barriers in the built environment is coemergent with the social exclusion of people with disabilities (Imrie , 11). This plays out in myriad ways, however: disability and access are configured and negotiated differently in different locations as histories of infrastructure, industry, governance, and environmental design affect social access for people with disabilities (Friedner and Osborne , ; Ingstad and Whyte ; Kohrman ; Petryna ; Rattray ; Rodman and Cooper ). The disability movement has disseminated the language of disability rights and access throughout the world.…”

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Good ramps, bad ramps: Centralized design standards and disability access in urban Russian infrastructure

Hartblay

2017

American Ethnologist

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Good ramps, bad ramps:Centralized design standards and disability access in urban Russian infrastructure A B S T R A C TAccessible design seeks to reconfigure the social by restructuring the material. As the idea moves globally, it becomes entwined in local logics of moral obligations between citizens and the state. Wheelchair users in the city of Petrozavodsk, in northwestern Russia, talk about inaccessible infrastructure as being embedded in moral relationships. In their stories, hierarchies of expertise diffuse responsibility for outcomes and devalue user knowledge. When accessible design elements are installed to meet minimum standards, they are "just for the check mark" and often do not "work." Wheelchair ramps produce value for businesses or

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“…The public events and political activism of Living Hope shares some commonalities with disability activists in other regions. In Cuenca, Ecuador disability activists work to “shift discourse about bodily differences historically related to the private realm into public debates” (Rattray :41). In the case of Cuenca, disability is linked to social marginalization, with many living in poverty.…”

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“…The Living Hope activists are at times visible and vocal in public spaces, most notably in the annual May Day march. In taking public spaces, like disability rights activists in Cuenca, they claim “their equal right to inhabit urban space” (Rattray :39).…”

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Demanding to Be Seen and Heard: Latino Immigrant Organizing and the Defense of Human Rights in Houston

Kovic

2014

City & Society

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Latino migrants in Houston mobilize in myriad ways to defend their rights in the current context of increased enforcement and restrictive laws. Through an exploration of the mobilization strategies of Living Hope Wheelchair Association, an organization of Latino migrants with spinal cord injuries, this article considers the ways this organization reframes migration as an issue of human rights and social justice rather than one of criminalization. It explores Living Hope's demands for rights as its members are excluded from the nation and the city based on immigration status, ethnicity, and physical disability as well as the ways the association's claims for rights addresses the profoundly unequal relationships between the United States and Latin American nations. [human rights, citizenship, migrants, Houston, disability]

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Contesting Urban Space and Disability in HighlandEcuador

Cited by 24 publications

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The Inclusion Imperative. Forging an Inclusive New Urban Agenda

The Inclusion Imperative. Forging an Inclusive New Urban Agenda

Good ramps, bad ramps: Centralized design standards and disability access in urban Russian infrastructure

Demanding to Be Seen and Heard: Latino Immigrant Organizing and the Defense of Human Rights in Houston

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