Differences in the spatial landscape of urban mobility: Gender and socioeconomic perspectives; 35235562

Macedo, M. ; Lotero, L. ; Cardillo, A. ; Menezes, R. ; Barbosa, H.

Resumen: Many of our routines and activities are linked to our ability to move; be it commuting to work, shopping for groceries, or meeting friends. Yet, factors that limit the individuals'' ability to fully realise their mobility needs will ultimately affect the opportunities they can have access to (e.g. cultural activities, professional interactions). One important aspect frequently overlooked in human mobility studies is how gender-centred issues can amplify other sources of mobility disadvantages (e.g. socioeconomic inequalities), unevenly affecting the pool of opportunities men and women have access to. In this work, we leverage on a combination of computational, statistical, and information-theoretical approaches to investigate the existence of systematic discrepancies in the mobility diversity (i.e. the diversity of travel destinations) of (1) men and women from different socioeconomic backgrounds, and (2) work and non-work travels. Our analysis is based on datasets containing multiple instances of largescale, official, travel surveys carried out in three major metropolitan areas in South America: Medellin and Bogotá in Colombia, and São Paulo in Brazil. Our results indicate the presence of general discrepancies in the urban mobility diversities related to the gender and socioeconomic characteristics of the individuals. Lastly, this paper sheds new light on the possible origins of gender-level human mobility inequalities, contributing to the general understanding of disaggregated patterns in human mobility. © 2022 Macedo et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0260874

Año: 2022

Publicado en: PLoS ONE 17, 3 (2022), 0260874 [19 pp]
ISSN: 1932-6203

Factor impacto JCR: 3.7 (2022)

Categ. JCR: MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES rank: 26 / 73 = 0.356 (2022) - Q2 - T2

Factor impacto CITESCORE: 6.0 - General (Q1)

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.885 - Multidisciplinary (Q1)

Tipo y forma: Artículo (Versión definitiva)