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Antonio Franco Market: Case Study on Accessibility in Public Buildings

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Having a disability or reduced mobility is the reality of a part of the brazilian population. However, the lack of accessibility in public spaces is detrimental to the experience of these individuals in the city, restricting the right to come and go to every citizen. In this context, the study presented concerns the evaluation of spatial accessibility in the city center of Aracaju (SE), specifically, in the area of the Municipal market Governor Antonio Franco. The market is located in a historic area of the city and was chosen as object of study for, even today, have great influence in Commerce and local tourism, attracting audiences. The analysis undertaken aimed to diagnose space accessibility from the perception of people with disabilities in the built environment and compare the situation found with the parameters of existing legislation and the guidelines for accessible spaces.

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Santana, G.P., de Melo Pinheiro, M., Leite, V.O.S., da Silva, L.S.P.M. (2019). Antonio Franco Market: Case Study on Accessibility in Public Buildings. In: Bagnara, S., Tartaglia, R., Albolino, S., Alexander, T., Fujita, Y. (eds) Proceedings of the 20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2018). IEA 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 824. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96071-5_171

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