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A Relational Perspective on Everyday Mobility in the Barcelona Metropolitan Region: Individual and Household‐Related Differences in Daily Travel Time
Author(s) -
DelclòsAlió Xavier,
MirallesGuasch Carme
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.766
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1467-9663
pISSN - 0040-747X
DOI - 10.1111/tesg.12315
Subject(s) - metropolitan area , perspective (graphical) , everyday life , travel behavior , sociology , economic geography , geography , demographic economics , economics , political science , computer science , microeconomics , archaeology , artificial intelligence , law
The collective dimension of everyday life plays a key role on how daily mobility patterns are drawn, especially considering relationships at the household level. However, previous literature regarding spatiotemporal behaviour has, above all, focused on individual characteristics detached from their immediate social contexts. By adopting a relational perspective this paper aims to explore how the combination of individual and household‐related variables can exert different mobilities in a Mediterranean metropolis such as Barcelona. Based on travel times and trip purposes reported in a traditional travel survey, both gender and social status are first confirmed as significant factors shaping daily mobility. Second, the relationships in the household emerge as relevant as individual characteristics when understanding one's everyday mobility patterns. In particular, the presence of children is regarded as a clear spatiotemporal constrictor, which is especially acute for women.