Walking short distances. The socioeconomic drivers for the use of proximity in everyday mobility in Barcelona

This paper analyzes proximity travel within Barcelona, in order to evaluate the importance of walkable environments and the vitality of neighbourhood in people's everyday lives. In this respect, we analyzed walking times of less than 10 minutes, a specific kind of trip that takes place on a nei...

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Autores: Marquet, Oriol|||0000-0002-7346-5664, Miralles-Guasch, Carme|||0000-0003-4821-9776
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
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https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1016/j.tra.2014.10.007
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Palabra clave:Proximity
Everyday mobility
Pedestrians
Neighbourhood
Walkability
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spelling Walking short distances. The socioeconomic drivers for the use of proximity in everyday mobility in BarcelonaMarquet, Oriol|||0000-0002-7346-5664Miralles-Guasch, Carme|||0000-0003-4821-9776ProximityEveryday mobilityPedestriansNeighbourhoodWalkabilityThis paper analyzes proximity travel within Barcelona, in order to evaluate the importance of walkable environments and the vitality of neighbourhood in people's everyday lives. In this respect, we analyzed walking times of less than 10 minutes, a specific kind of trip that takes place on a neighbourhood scale, from one of the major mobility surveys in Spain. By analyzing people's mobility patterns, we obtain a more accurate approach to proximity and inner-neighbourhood dynamics. The analysis focuses on the frequency and purpose of these short walking trips, along with the urban settings that foster them. This study also evaluates how proximity trips are intimately related with personal travel purposes and how they are unequally distributed throughout the city. The data also show how, once a certain minimum level of density is achieved, income and sociodemographic factors ultimately determine the use of proximity. 22014-01-0120142014-01-01Articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501AMhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_ab4af688f83e57aainfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://ddd.uab.cat/record/325255https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1016/j.tra.2014.10.007reponame:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UABinstname:Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Aquest material està protegit per drets d'autor i/o drets afins. Podeu utilitzar aquest material en funció del que permet la legislació de drets d'autor i drets afins d'aplicació al vostre cas. Per a d'altres usos heu d'obtenir permís del(s) titular(s) de drets.https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ddd.uab.cat:3252552026-06-06T12:50:31Z
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title Walking short distances. The socioeconomic drivers for the use of proximity in everyday mobility in Barcelona
spellingShingle Walking short distances. The socioeconomic drivers for the use of proximity in everyday mobility in Barcelona
Marquet, Oriol|||0000-0002-7346-5664
Proximity
Everyday mobility
Pedestrians
Neighbourhood
Walkability
title_short Walking short distances. The socioeconomic drivers for the use of proximity in everyday mobility in Barcelona
title_full Walking short distances. The socioeconomic drivers for the use of proximity in everyday mobility in Barcelona
title_fullStr Walking short distances. The socioeconomic drivers for the use of proximity in everyday mobility in Barcelona
title_full_unstemmed Walking short distances. The socioeconomic drivers for the use of proximity in everyday mobility in Barcelona
title_sort Walking short distances. The socioeconomic drivers for the use of proximity in everyday mobility in Barcelona
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Miralles-Guasch, Carme|||0000-0003-4821-9776
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Miralles-Guasch, Carme|||0000-0003-4821-9776
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Proximity
Everyday mobility
Pedestrians
Neighbourhood
Walkability
topic Proximity
Everyday mobility
Pedestrians
Neighbourhood
Walkability
description This paper analyzes proximity travel within Barcelona, in order to evaluate the importance of walkable environments and the vitality of neighbourhood in people's everyday lives. In this respect, we analyzed walking times of less than 10 minutes, a specific kind of trip that takes place on a neighbourhood scale, from one of the major mobility surveys in Spain. By analyzing people's mobility patterns, we obtain a more accurate approach to proximity and inner-neighbourhood dynamics. The analysis focuses on the frequency and purpose of these short walking trips, along with the urban settings that foster them. This study also evaluates how proximity trips are intimately related with personal travel purposes and how they are unequally distributed throughout the city. The data also show how, once a certain minimum level of density is achieved, income and sociodemographic factors ultimately determine the use of proximity.
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