Configuration, location, mobility: Effects on spatial and social behaviour for residents in social housing complexes in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2017

Authors

Netto V.M. (Author) Other; Furtado M. (Author) Other

Conference proceedings International

Title: Proceedings - 11th International Space Syntax Symposium, SSS 2017

Initial page: 96.1

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Authenticus ID: P-018-VVE

Abstract (EN): Space syntax theory seems based on the premise of movement as a general capacity of humans enacting their spaces. However, the capacity to move is not an ability equally distributed amongst social actors and; by the same token, mobility is not a homogeneous property affecting spatial behaviour. In this article, we problematize some of these factors brought about by contextual specificities not usually explored in syntactic theory and studies. In unequal urban societies, factors like income and location may be particularly felt, especially among the poorer. The article seeks to understand how mobility is conditioned by grid configuration, location and income-and how these combined factors might have effects on sociability. We developed an approach to capture the daily activities and spatial trajectories of 240 residents of affordable housing complexes in Rio de Janeiro, and a new measure of mobility relating extension and fragmentation in trajectories and number of activities performed. Our results provide evidence of a high dependence of mobility on income. Finally, we examine how different levels of mobility may affect the ability to perform in different spheres of sociability, involving levels of localism and diversity in social ties.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 0