Guidelines

Inclusive Cities Framework

Building Accessible, Safe, and Inclusive Indian Cities (BASIIC)

Contributors: Kanika Bansal, Utsav Choudhury

The Inclusive City Framework (ICF) has been prepared as a set of policies and strategies which Urban Local Bodies/Smart City Boards and other relevant agencies need to follow while making an Indian city Safe, Accessible and Inclusive. The vision of this framework is to empower all citizens irrespective of their physical, sensory and cognitive limitations. The framework promotes seamless accessibility and a complete travel chain from a person’s place of stay to the street; to the public transportation; on the transport vehicle; to the drop off point; to the destination building; inside the destination building to the room where the intended function would take place; and finally the function itself and back home. Strategies for improving opportunities for participation of “ALL” in the socio, economic and cultural functions of the city are also considered.