Mapping the importance of specific physical elements in urban space for blind and visually impaired people

This paper is based on a questionnaire of all Danish Orientation & Mobility instructors, assessing the importance 34 physical elements as clues in pedestrian environment to support blind and visually impaired people (BVIP)’s orientation. The aim contribute body knowledge about why design so crucial for orientation, accounting perceptual sight function using other senses compensate vision. study shows that were generally assessed being very important. Furthermore, discusses how plan urban space future.