Dear Peter,

It was in the Times (second section) but did not really say
anything we did not know.

Anthea
On Fri, 16 Nov 2001 09:36:23 +0000 Peter Lansley
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> Dear Marcus
>
> Thanks for this, but which newspaper did you read?
>
> The issue of the need for immigration etc to fill the gap has been well argued
> over the years, and is aired now and again in the Economist - for example when
> looking at the situation in Italy where family size has decreased dramatically
> and there is becoming an increasing reliance on immigrants especially from North
> Africa to act as carers. The cultural and community ramifications are
> significant and do need more attention, in a general sense and in terms of
> design for inclusion.
>
> It would be good to have some other views on this important issue.
>
> Regards
>
> Peter
>
> Marcus Ormerod wrote:
>
> > Hi all
> >
> > read an interesting article in the yesterday's paper about the declining
> > population and change in demographics. It was based on the projections made
> > by the government actuary's department. It referred to the support ratio.
> > This is a ratio of those of working age in Britain defined as between 15 and
> > 64 and citizens aged 65 or over. In 1999 this was calculated to be 4.2  but
> > this is predicted to decline to 2.45 by 2040. Also that favourite and much
> > quoted statistic of the "average" family having 2.4 children is now
> > calculated to be 1.74.
> >
> > Some other interesting figures that get quoted in the article are that there
> > are 727 million people currently in Europe and the UN reckons by 2050 that
> > will have dropped to 603 million and possibly as low as 556 million.
> > Currently the UK has 59.4 million people and is predicted to drop to 54.4
> > million by 2050. The country predicted to have the largest reduction in
> > population is Italy with 57.6 million at the moment and down to 40.5 million
> > in 2050.
> >
> > Anyway why am I going on about this on accessibuilt? Well the arguments are
> > being put forward that in order to boost the working population the
> > immigration rules should be relaxed to encourage people to fill the gap in
> > people in employment in order to fund the pension system, health service
> > etc. So we should be putting forward our arguments for inclusive design as
> > not only creating  environments for a population that is getting older
> > through change in demographics, but also culturally inclusive since our
> > population will become much more cosmopolitan and culturally diverse. At the
> > moment I feel issues of inclusion are only just starting to think about
> > cultural diversity and we need to quickly understand how we can design and
> > create culturally inclusive environments.
> >
> > I have read some interesting case studies in Franck, K.A. and Bianca Lepori,
> > R. (2000). Architecture Inside Out. Chichester: Wiley. Also there is a
> > couple of papers in the Universal Design Handbook but has anyone come across
> > other useful material on cultural aspects of inclusive design in the built
> > environment?
> >
> > cheers
> > marcus
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