The Mobility of People with Disability: Between Urban Accessibility and Urban Attractiveness. A Case Study from Algiers, Algeria

In Algeria, people with disabilities often struggle the inaccessibility of cities. These problems are related to accessibility and physical barriers in urban environment, have a negative impact on lives disabilities, who prevented from carrying out daily tasks moving freely attractive desirable places. This paper aims examine correlation between attractiveness public spaces for disabilities. It analyses both factors influencing their itinerary choices that spatial social dimensions environment may movements. paper’s qualitative analysis begins an in-situ survey conducted city centre Algiers; it looks at how use spaces, using based commented walks as well interviews group disabled people. The second part focuses description study case, space syntax techniques depthMapX software. allows us ascertain level Algiers space, parameters mobility reveals lack optimal travel choices, movements determined by rather than its and/or usefulness.