Urban Mobility and Social Equity in Latin America

Daniel Oviedo is an Assistant Professor in Urban Transport and Development Planning at the Bartlett Development Planning Unit of UCL. His research focuses on the social consequences of transport in global south cities, particularly accessibility, inequality and social exclusion. Natalia Villamizar Duarte is an Associate professor at the School of Architecture and Urbanism at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Her work focuses on processes and practices of governing, public space and urban mobility, planning of urban borders, and community-university partnerships.Ana Marcela Ardila is an associate professor of Sociology, currently Coordinator of the Postgraduate Program in Sociology, and a researcher at CEURB at Federal University of Minas Gerais. Her research focuses on public space and mobility policies in Latin American cities.

• Chapter 1. Should Urban Transport Become a Social Policy? Interrogating The Role Of Accessibility In Social Equity And Urban Development In Bogotá, Colombia; Daniel Oviedo, and Luis Ángel GuzmánChapter 2. Mobility And Gender Equity In Latin America: Different Mobile Burdens And Contributions In Montevideo (Uruguay); Diego Hernández, and Daniela de los SantosChapter 3. Children And Urban Mobility: Care Dynamics On Family Mobility Patterns; Gabriela Cicci FariaChapter 4. “Like Sardines In a Can”. Gender, Stratification, and Mobility In The Lives Of Female Household Employees In Bogotá, Colombia; Friederike Fleischer, and Ivette s. Sepúlveda SanabriaChapter 5. Sustainable Transport And Gender Equity: Insights From Santiago, Chile; Lake Sagaris, and Ignacio Tiznado-AitkenChapter 6. Gendered Exploration Of Emotive And Instrumental Wellbeing For Cyclist Woman In Latin America; Beatriz Mella Lira Chapter 7. Active Commute To School, Physical Activity, and Health Of Hispanic High School Students In The United States; Ivis García, and Keuntae Kim Chapter 8. Children’s Mobility and Playability In The Neighborhood Of Río Piedras: Perspectives From Children And Adults; Norma I. Peña-Rivera, and Enery López-Navarrete Chapter 9. Mobility And equity: The Problem Of Access To City Spaces By Individuals Submitted To Psychiatric Hospitalization; Luiza Morena Alves Lopes Chapter 10. Urban Accessibility In Belo Horizonte, Brazil: A Case Study Of Mobility Practices And Demands Of People With Disabilities In The Mobility Systems; Ana Marcela Ardila Pinto, Marcos Fontoura De Oliveira, Bruna Barradas Cordeiro, and Laíse Lorene Hasz Souza e Oliveira