Wayfinding Signage Considerations in International Airports

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Author
Symonds, Paul
Date
2017-06-22Acceptance date
2017-05-27
Type
Article
Publisher
Interdisciplinary Journal of Signage and Wayfinding
ISSN
2470-9670
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Airports are complex spaces that exist primarily for the purpose of allowing significant numbers of people to fly from and into, a specific location. In these spaces, wayfinding is an important process, given that these people need to be moved in a time effective and safe manner,to various locations within the airport. In addition to the use of space, human help, and electronic technologies, static signage is an important tool in guiding people in airports. In this study I focus on static signage as a wayfinding tool in airports and I report on the findings from three wayfinding audits that this author did in three UK international airports in the last year.
Journal/conference proceeding
Interdisciplinary Journal of Signage and Wayfinding
Citation
Symonds, P. (2017) 'Wayfinding Signage Considerations in International Airports', Interdisciplinary Journal of Signage and Wayfinding, 1(2), pp. 60-80.
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This article was published in Interdisciplinary Journal of Signage and Wayfinding on 22 June 2017, available at http://dx.doi.org/10.15763/issn.2470-9670.2017.v1.i2.a10
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Cardiff Metropolitan University (Grant ID: Cardiff Metropolian (Internal))
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