This study was carried out in Aflenas (population: 60.000) in the interior of Brazil. A categorization of the problems was made about the paved floor surface, which caused to users a series of constraints, difficulties and barriers in their movements. A list of some problems identified in the sidewalk was elaborated according to its origins, characteristics and ergonomic aftermath. Finally we proposed an intervention in order to solve those problems.
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