
THE ROLE OF ERGONOMICS IN THE DESIGN
OF FUTURE CITIES
Andree Woodcock
Coventry University, UK
Recruiting students onto ergonomics courses continues to be difficult
despite clear business cases being presented for the importance of
ergonomics as a driver in organisational effectiveness and safety and
its crucial role in securing inclusivity and usability in product design.
Growth requires concerted efforts to make our discipline relevant
to contemporary society. One way of achieving this is presented,
through linking ergonomics to citizen centred design of future cities.
Introduction
This paper stems from the assertion that collectively, and with adequate ...