Results&Conclusion

To measure these factors we have done some researches in internet and we have also gone to the different districts and we have asked the neighbors, in the libraries, watch the neighborhood, etc.

The punctuation is from 1 to 5, being 1 for the worse and 5 the best.

Mobility 30%

After searching in the page web of the organization “la Once” and going to the districts to look how is the mobility for blind people there, we can say:

A) Bus and subways voice

 1) 0-20% have voices for blind people

 2) 20-40%

 3) 40-60%

 4) 60%-80%

 5) 80-100% 

  Francos Rodríguez  5/5 - 10/10

  San Blas 4/5 - 8/10

  Barrio de salamanca  5/5 - 10/10

B)  Traffic lights

1) 0-20% are adapted to blind people

2) 20-40%

       

3) 40-60%

       

4) 60%-80%

       

Francos Rodríguez  5/5-10/10

San Blas  4/5-8/10

Barrio de salamanca  5/5-10/10

C) Pedestrian cross walk  

  

1) 0-20% are adapted to blind people

  

2)20-40%

       

3) 40-60%

       

4) 60%-80%

       

Francos Rodríguez   4/5-8/10

San Blas  4/10-8/10

Barrio de salamanca  4/5-8/10

Final results:

Francos Rodríguez: 10+10+8/30=9,3/10

San Blas: 8+8+8/30=8/10

Barrio de Salamanca: 10+10+8/30= 9,3/10 

Accessibility 25%

Open areas.

 1) 0-20% open areas

 2) 20-40%

 3) 40-60%

 4) 60%-80%

 5) 80-100% 

Francos Rodríguez  4/5 - 8/10

San Blas 1/5 - 2/10

Barrio de salamanca  4/5 - 8/10

Building:

 1) 0-20% buildings adapted

 2) 20-40%

 3) 40-60%

 4) 60%-80%

 5) 80-100%

Francos Rodríguez  2/5 - 4/10

San Blas 2/5 - 8/10

Barrio de salamanca  5/5 - 10/10

Fences

 1) 0-20% signed

 2) 20-40%

 3) 40-60%

 4) 60%-80%

 5) 80-100%

Francos Rodríguez  2/5 - 4/10

San Blas 2/5 - 4/10

Barrio de salamanca  3/5 - 6/10

LIFTS

 1) 0-20% Lifts adapted

 2) 20-40%

 3) 40-60%

 4) 60%-80%

 5) 80-100%

Francos Rodríguez  2/5 - 4/10

San Blas 3/5 - 6/10

Barrio de salamanca  4/5 - 8/10

GUIDE DOGS

 1) 0-20% near open areas

 2) 20-40%

 3) 40-60%

 4) 60%-80%

 5) 80-100%

Francos Rodríguez  3/5 - 6/10

San Blas 3/5 - 6/10

Barrio de salamanca  4/5 - 8/10

Final Results

Francos Rodríguez  5,2/10

San Blas 5,2/10

Barrio de salamanca  8/10

Inclusion 25%

a) Helpful neighbours

(We asked the neighbours of the district to evaluate the helpfulness of the people that live near by) 10 persons were asked. From 1 to 5

Francos Rodriguez – 41/50 – 8.2/10

San Blas – 37/50 – 7.4/10

B.Salamanca – 34/50 – 6.8/10

b) Volunterring with blind people

1-0

2-1

3-2

4-3

5-4 or more

According to the oficial web site of volunteeing in the Comunidad de Madrid

Francos Rodriguez:

The are 26 offers, 3 are for disable people

Asosiation like ONCE,

4/5 = 8/10

San Blas: 4/5 = 8/10   

B.Salamanca: 4/5 = 8/10

Final Results

FRANCOS RODRIGUEZ

8.2 + 8 =16.2/20 = 8.1/10 

SAN BLAS

7.4+8= 15.4/20 = 7.7/10

SALAMANCA 6.8 + 8= 14.8/20 = 7.4/10

Education

Schools with resources for blind people:

We have looked for information on the internet of 10 school of each neighborhood, to see if they would have the resources to attend a blind child.

 

1= only 1 or 2 of them had enough resources

2= 3-4

3= 5 -6

4= 7-8

5= 9-10

 

Final Results

SALAMANCA- 5/5= 10%

SAN BLAS- 4/5= 8%

FRANCOS RODRÍGUEZ- 5/5= 10%

Leisure & Culture.

Cultural projects (5%)

0= they have no cultural projects

1= they have 1 o 2 cultural projects

2= they have more than 2 cultural projects

 

Library resources (5%)

We have gone to some of the libraries of the neighborhoods and we have asked how many elements on the list did they have.

- Braille books

- Spoken books

- Spoken newspaper

- Typewriters for the blind

- Tactile maps and other documents

- Ground floor to avoid stairs and elevators

- Wide spaces for an easy movement

- Furniture without protrusions

 

1= they only had 1 of the elements on the list

2= 2 or 3

3= 4 or 5

4= 6 or 7

Final Results.

Total leisure and culture:

SALAMANCA=2,5+3=5,5%

SAN BLAS=2,5+2= 4,5%

FRANCOS RODRÍGUEZ=0+2= 2%

CONCLUSION

With these results, the final punctuations for each neighbourhood are:

- Barrio Salamanca: 82%

- Barrio San Blas: 68,75%

- Francos Rodríguez: 73,25%

So, we can say as a conclusion that the most liveable neighbourhood in Madrid for a blind person (among the three that we have studied) is BARRIO SALAMANCA.

It is the best adapted in terms of education, mobility and accessibility, and it is also good in leisure and culture.