Accounting for care in everyday mobility : an exploration of care-related trips and their sociospatial correlates
Gómez-Varo, Irene (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Geografia)
Delclòs Alió, Xavier (Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Departament de Geografia)
Miralles-Guasch, Carme 1961- (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
Marquet Sardà, Oriol (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Geografia

Date:	2023
Abstract:	Since care is an essential part of our individual and collective survival, there is the challenge to explore how care operates through daily mobility patterns in urban settings. This paper utilizes the concept of 'mobility of care' to quantitatively assess care-related trips in the Barcelona Metropolitan Region (BMR) using an official household travel survey. We analyse the factors linked to care-related trips at the individual, household, and territorial levels and examine their correlation with transportation modes. Our results reveal that care-related trips form a significant portion of everyday mobility in a Mediterranean metropolis such as Barcelona. Notably, mobility of care is more relevant among women, increases with age and the presence of dependents in the household, particularly minors. Active modes of transportation, primarily in densely populated urban areas, dominate care-related mobility in Barcelona. Finally, our findings suggests that while the concept of mobility of care helps to conceptualizing a key part of our daily reality and helps identifying possible social inequalities, it is still necessary to account and understand specific care-related purposes. The study's findings will contribute to advancing research on the mobility of care and informing urban policymakers in their pursuit of sustainable and equitable cities.
Grants:	Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades FPU18/02129 Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación RYC2021-031672-I Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación RYC2020-029441-I Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades PID2019-104344RB-I00 "la Caixa" Foundation SR22-00147
Note:	Unidad de excelencia María de Maeztu CEX2019-000940-M
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió acceptada per publicar
Subject:	Active mobility ; Barcelona Metropolitan Region ; Gender ; Mobility of care ; Trip purposes ; SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
Published in:	Geografiska Annaler, Series B: Human Geography, Vol. 105 (June 2023), ISSN 1468-0467

DOI: 10.1080/04353684.2023.2226157

Available from: 2025-06-30 Postprint

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