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Access to outdoor recreational sites for people withdisabilities : A qualitative study on the accessibility to nature for peoplewith disabilities in the region of Borlänge & Falun - Dalarna,Sweden

Outdoor recreation or friluftsliv as called in Scandinavia has witnessed anincreased demand where more people venture outdoors to engage in activities innature. It is although not as easy for everyone to engage in these activities due toseveral limiting obstacles. People with disabilities that are confined to a manual orelectric wheelchair require adaptation of the areas to be able to participate. Thereare signs of development due to 10 goals set by the Swedish government for eachmunicipality to work towards. The findings of the study show that there are currentactions to improve accessibility; however; that it is slow process that in cases lackseveral vital considerations. There is an importance to involve people withdisabilities and relevant organizations to work with several important parts forspreading awareness.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:du-39666
Date January 2021
CreatorsDahlqvist, Oscar
PublisherHögskolan Dalarna, Institutionen för kultur och samhälle
Source SetsDiVA Archive at Upsalla University
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeStudent thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text
Formatapplication/pdf
Rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

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