Uncovering the socioeconomic facets of human mobility

Barbosa, Hugo; Hazarie, Surendra; Dickinson, Brian P.; Bassolas, Aleix; Frank, Adam; Kautz, Henry; Sadilek, Adam; Ramasco, José J.; Ghoshal, Gourab

doi:10.1038/s41598-021-87407-4

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“…Rapid population growth resulting from urbanization has intensified the demand for public service facilities [4]. However, the construction of public service facilities in new areas often lags behind population growth, which can lead to a movement of people to areas with a higher concentration of public service facilities [5]. This may cause demand pressure to be transmitted to surrounding service areas, further leading to a widening area of supply and demand mismatch [6].…”

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Evaluation of Public Service Facilities in 19 Large Cities in China from the Perspective of Supply and Demand

Wei

Ren

Guo

2022

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The equalization of urban public service facilities is important to the daily lives of urban residents. Spatial quantification of the supply and demand of public service facilities can reveal relationships between supply and demand agents and provide a foundation for the planning of urban public service facilities. This study proposed a comprehensive framework to assess the current state of supply (accessibility of facilities) and demand (population carrying pressure) of various public services in cities and determine patterns between different public service facilities. This framework contains three elements: (a) multi-scale spatial quantification of the matching of supply and demand, (b) spatial matching of supply and demand, and (c) spatial clustering analysis of the supply and demand balance. This study analyzed 19 major cities in China from a supply and demand perspective and examined implications for matching the supply and demand of public service facilities. The results indicated that education service facilities had the most appropriate supply and demand relationship. Areas where public service facilities had a good matching of supply and demand demonstrated a strong pattern of clustering. There were significant differences in the level of matching of the supply and demand of public service facilities among various regions in China. The limitations of the framework and future directions are discussed.

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Evaluation of Public Service Facilities in 19 Large Cities in China from the Perspective of Supply and Demand

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Guo

2022

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“…Conversely, many of our social and economic activities, such as working, shopping, and socialising hinge on our ability to move. Not surprisingly, human mobility plays a key role in the social and economic development of cities [ 1 – 3 ]. One example is the economic and social impacts of the mobility restrictions imposed by governments worldwide in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic [ 4 – 7 ].…”

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

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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 large-scale, official, travel surveys carried out in three major metropolitan areas in South America: Medellín 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.

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“…The spatio-temporal variability of commuting patterns 21 is intertwined with the mode of journey 22 , the population density (i.e. urbanisation level) 23 and the socio-economic status [24][25][26] .…”

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Changes in the time-space dimension of human mobility during the COVID-19 pandemic

Santana¹,

Botta²,

Barbosa³

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Socio-economic constructs and urban topology are crucial drivers of human mobility patterns. During the COVID-19 pandemic, these patterns were re-shaped in their main two components: the spatial dimension represented by the daily travelled distance, and the temporal dimension expressed as the synchronisation time of commuting routines. Leveraging location-based data from de-identified mobile phone users, we observed that during lockdowns restrictions, the decrease of spatial mobility is interwoven with the emergence of asynchronous mobility dynamics. The lifting of restriction in urban mobility allowed a faster recovery of the spatial dimension compared to the temporal one. Moreover, the recovery in mobility was different depending on urbanisation levels and economic stratification. In rural and low-income areas, the spatial mobility dimension suffered a more significant disruption when compared to urbanised and high-income areas. In contrast, the temporal dimension was more affected in urbanised and high-income areas than in rural and low-income areas.

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Uncovering the socioeconomic facets of human mobility

Cited by 62 publications

References 44 publications

Evaluation of Public Service Facilities in 19 Large Cities in China from the Perspective of Supply and Demand

Evaluation of Public Service Facilities in 19 Large Cities in China from the Perspective of Supply and Demand

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

Changes in the time-space dimension of human mobility during the COVID-19 pandemic

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