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The purpose of this study is focused on investigating the impact of the application of Decree 68/2000 on accessibility in the Basque Country (Technical standards on accessibility conditions in urban environments, public spaces, buildings and information and communication systems). The idea resides in comparing diagnoses from different countries and communities with the diagnosis from the Basque Country. In this way we want to evaluate the current state of the regulations in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country, in relation to other nearby regions. But the comparison must make it possible to understand not only the difference in terms of regulatory requirements, but also the consequences that these regulations have generated.

It is known that the accessibility regulations of the Basque Country are one of the most advanced and restrictive in the world. However, there is no study that supports the progress that this regulation has generated in relation to other less restrictive regulations. You want to know the scope of these measures and their consequences, be they positive or negative, to understand the issues that, beyond the regulations, drive the establishment of an adequate accessibility system.
Therefore, the purpose of the study lies in assessing the causes that lead to a good application of accessibility, accompanied by a comparison between regulations. The study of these two parameters will allow us to understand the dynamics by which some places have a greater degree of accessibility than others, and will investigate their causes.

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