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. Head of CRiSS-LAB.

Cristian Candia studies how societies transform information into collective relevance through attention, memory, preferences, and coordination. His work combines computational social science, network science, AI, and large-scale behavioral data to understand how groups, institutions, and societies decide what matters.

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