Disaster Mitigation: Design of Portable Toilet for People with Disabilities in Refugee Camp
Oesman Raliby (a) & Muhamad Khoirul Amin (b)

a) Industrial Engineering Department - UNIMMA
b) Department of Pharmacy - UNIMMA

Abstract

Disasters that occur in various regions have the potential to increase the number of new people with disabilities and exacerbate existing ones. This group will eventually become very vulnerable to multiple risks in refugee camps and socially marginalized. This study aims to reduce the risk of disaster impacts on these vulnerable groups so that during the evacuation in the holding camps, they can still overcome the problems independently without much dependence on others. Providing inclusive toilets is an option to answer this problem. The method used in this research is to use a universal design approach and set standard standards. Universal design is a design product that can create a conducive environment for every user with disabilities to be used together without any discrimination. The results showed that the resulting toilet design met the standard principles of the American with Disabilities Act - ADA.

Keywords: Toilet Design, Portable, disability

Topic: Engineering