Accessible tourist sites in Jordan remain a distant goal, say activists
AMMAN — Jordan's tourist attractions remain largely inaccessible for people with disabilities, propelling a “persistent demand” from activists to prioritise accessibility.
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AMMAN — Jordan's tourist attractions remain largely inaccessible for people with disabilities, propelling a “persistent demand” from activists to prioritise accessibility.
City governments in los angeles, san francisco, seattle, salt lake and other cities that have a significant earthquake risk in the united states are very rigorous in their enforcement of the building codes and we don't see officials lifting building code requirements for the sake of economic prosperity in the united states. so we're very fortunate about that. >> and i do lastly just sort of want to ask you about your thoughts when you look at this. i mean, just tearing these buildings down, i mean, how long might this take? there are thousands of buildings that are uninhabitable, and there are...
The building code requirements at the time. we are looking at photographs. we are looking at videos. we're listening to all these hundreds of emails we're getting a day telling us different kinds of information. we input that all into what we're doing. we're not losing any time and we can't do the materials testing and site investigations yet. it doesn't lose any time and it just delays when we can do that part of the investigation. >> have you reached any conclusions so far or found anything new that may point to something that we haven't already been discussing at length? >> to answer your q...