Effect vol. 7 n.1 Issue 1 (Spring 2013): Making cities socially sustainable

Smart canes that are embedded with GPS technology to guide blind tourists along a route through an ancient city; 90 and counting historical sites made accessible; "cyber passes" that work with Bluetooth technology to help people with dissability safely to navigate across streets. These are just some of the exciting outcomes of a pioneering project by the League of Historical Cities to create accessible tourist routes in six European cities.

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