Feelings of insecurity as a gender-specific constraint on urban mobility

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Abstract

Crime and violence shape perceived insecurity in cities, but their consequences are not gender neutral. This article links perceived insecurity with urban mobility and shows that insecurity is associated with reduced mobility, with stronger effects among women across several public and neighborhood spaces.

Publication
EPJ Data Science, 14, 71
Cristian Candia
Cristian Candia
Associate Professor, Data Science Institute, School of Engineering, Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile. Director of CRiSS-LAB.

Cristian Candia is a computational social scientist studying human and collective behavior with large-scale data, network science, experiments, and AI.

Carlos Rodriguez-Sickert
Carlos Rodriguez-Sickert
Universidad del Desarrollo.