UC Berkeley

Contemporary cities have been characterized by architectural designs mostly focused users with average physical capacities have and excluded fractions of the population that do not meet the requirements of the standard user and even have reduced opportunities for access to public space and the means of transport, although the recent recommendations have suggested modifications to the traditional design, to allow a greater social inclusion. This thinking has not finished smear of everything in the responsible for the design and construction of the city. The task of obtaining a greater accessibility possible in favor of the greatest number of people, involves interventions that deletion of the architectural barriers, reduce the hostility of the built environment and to facilitate, to the extent possible, the autonomy of the user in their daily itineraries. This paper analyzes the current conditions of the infrastructure for access to public space of the historical center of the municipality of Guadalajara and how they have influenced the dependence on the displacement of a good part of people with reduced mobility.