Transportation mode choice and urban accessibility. A case study in Guadalajara metropolitan area, Mexico

Authors

  • Fernando Calonge Reillo Centro Universitario de Tonalá, Universidad de Guadalajara, México
DOI: https://doi.org/10.6018/geografia/2016/256351
Keywords: Urban accessibility, developing countries, urban peripheries, urban services, transportation

Supporting Agencies

  • Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACyT) México en la convocatoria Ciencia Básica 2013.

Abstract

In the last twenty years, the structuring of the urban territory and the organization of the systems of transportation have influenced how poor and segregated households access different locations where urban services and main urban activities are accommodated. These situations have motivated academics to study urban accessibility, especially in developed metropolitan regions. This paper comes to grips with similar phenomena in the context of a developing urban area trying to extend and nuance the existing body of knowledge. The paper reflects in how populations in non-central and peripheral areas travel to their job, educational and shopping centers, and to clinics and hospitals. It is based on a survey carried in 2015 in Guadalajara Metropolitan Area, México, and resumes the main outcomes to update the proposals that are framed in the developed countries.

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Author Biography

Fernando Calonge Reillo, Centro Universitario de Tonalá, Universidad de Guadalajara, México

Fernando Calonge Reillo es doctor en Sociología por la Universidad Complutense de Madrid. En el presente es profesor investigador del Departamento de Ingenierías, y coordinador de la Maestría en Movilidad Urbana, Transporte y Territorio, del Centro Universitario de Tonalá, Universidad de Guadalajara, Mëxico. Ha publicado varios libros y artículos científicos centrados en la relación entre el espacio urbano y las identidades.

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16-05-2016
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Calonge Reillo, F. (2016). Transportation mode choice and urban accessibility. A case study in Guadalajara metropolitan area, Mexico. Geography Papers, (62), 90–106. https://doi.org/10.6018/geografia/2016/256351
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