?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Can+AMELIA+be+used+for+consultation%3F&rft.creator=Titheridge%2C+H&rft.creator=Mackett%2C+RL&rft.creator=Achuthan%2C+K&rft.description=Transport+planners+are+increasingly+concerned+with+improving+the+accessibility+of+services+and+facilities+for+disadvantaged+groups+such+as+those+without+access+to+a+car+and+those+with+disabilities.+AMELIA+is+a+software+tool+that+will+enable+planners+to+test+that+their+transport+and+other+policies+do+increase+social+inclusion.+The+tool+was+design+to+be+easy+to+use%2C+thus+it+may+also+serve+as+a+consultation+tool+with+people+who+are+socially+excluded.+Research+was+undertaken+to+explore+whether+this+was+the+case+and+also+whether+the+assumptions+embedded+in+AMELIA+reflect+the+views+and+behaviour+of+disadvantaged+groups.+To+do+this%2C+a+series+of+consultations+were+set+up+with+three+different+groups+of+people+who+are+vulnerable+to+social+exclusion%3A+a+group+containing+older+people+and+people+with+disabilities%3B+a+group+of+children+aged+12-15+and+a+group+of+young+adults+aged+16-19.+This+paper+describes+the+results+of+this+work+and+discusses+the+extent+to+which+tools+such+as+AMELIA+can+truly+represent+the+views+and+behaviour+of+vulnerable+groups+and+the+role+they+can+play+in+consultation+processes.&rft.subject=Transport+planning%2C+consultation%2C+accessibility%2C+social+inclusion&rft.date=2011&rft.type=Proceedings+paper&rft.language=eng&rft.source=+++++In%3A++Proceedings+of+12th+International+Conference+on+Computers+in+Urban+Planning+and+Urban+Management.+++++(2011)+++++&rft.format=text&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F1317528%2F1%2Ftitheridge-can_amelia_be_used_for_consultation-232.pdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F1317528%2F&rft.rights=open