All Outputs (4)

Accessibility of urban spaces for visually impaired pedestrians (2012)
Journal Article
Norgate, S. (2012). Accessibility of urban spaces for visually impaired pedestrians. Proceedings of the ICE - Municipal Engineer, 165(4), 231-237. https://doi.org/10.1680/muen.12.00019

An ageing demographic together with the predicted increase in visual impairment of older people calls for a renewed consideration of the accessibility and social inclusivity of urban spaces. This paper synthesises the evidence on this topic and hig... Read More about Accessibility of urban spaces for visually impaired pedestrians.

Tourism and the smartphone app : capabilities, emerging practice, and scope in the travel domain (2012)
Journal Article
Dickinson, J., Ghali, K., Cherrett, T., Speed, C., Davies, N., & Norgate, S. (2014). Tourism and the smartphone app : capabilities, emerging practice, and scope in the travel domain. Current Issues in Tourism, 17(1), 84-101. https://doi.org/10.1080/13683500.2012.718323

Based on its advanced computing capabilities and ubiquity, the smartphone has rapidly been adopted as a tourism travel tool. With a growing number of users and a wide variety of applications emerging, the smartphone is fundamentally altering our curr... Read More about Tourism and the smartphone app : capabilities, emerging practice, and scope in the travel domain.

Landmarks in tourist wayfinding : a review (2012)
Journal Article
Norgate, S., & Ormerod, M. (2012). Landmarks in tourist wayfinding : a review. Proceedings of the ICE - Urban Design and Planning, 165(2), 79-87. https://doi.org/10.1680/udap.9.00053

Demographic trends project a significant expansion of European urban populations to 2030, leading to expanding cities being marketed as desirable tourist destinations, particularly for short city breaks. In turn, this renders the promotion of effici... Read More about Landmarks in tourist wayfinding : a review.

Children's memories about events relating to treatment for eye cancer : influence of age at loss of eye (2012)
Journal Article
Norgate, S., & Littleton, K. (2012). Children's memories about events relating to treatment for eye cancer : influence of age at loss of eye. Infant Mental Health Journal, 32(5), 563-577. https://doi.org/10.1002/imhj.20309

Treatment for Retinoblastoma frequently involves removal of at least one eye in the first five years. Variation in age of treatment leads to the assumption that children’s later verbal accessibility of early traumatic memories may vary, with some chi... Read More about Children's memories about events relating to treatment for eye cancer : influence of age at loss of eye.