Features of urban greening for people with visual impairment in Vladivostok

Abstract

The creation of an urban environment designed taking into account the needs of people with disabilities is currently one of the priority areas of state,social and urban planning policy,the practical results of which are aimed at ensuring equal opportunities with other citizens in various fields of work,life,and leisure. The objective is to identify the features of greening for blind and visually impaired people in the conditions of the city of Vladivostok. To achieve the goal,it is necessary to solve the following problems: to determine the assortment of ornamental plants and to identify compositional techniques of landscape design that ensure the possible use of non-visual receptors (auditory,olfactory,tactile,etc.) by blind people,and also,enhance the impact on the visual perception of the visually impaired when they orient in the environment. As a result of the study,the assortments of ornamental plants and compositional methods of greening for the conditions of the city of Vladivostok were identified,which facilitate the orientation of blind and visually impaired people in an urban environment and allow the formation of an accessible environment for people with visual impairments.