Carme Miralles‐guasch
Biographic Data
| ID | 1191438 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Carme Miralles‐guasch |
| GIVEN NAMES | Carme |
| FAMILY NAME | Miralles‐guasch |
| SIGNATURE | GUASCH C M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universitat Autonòma de Barcelona |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4821-9776 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 49 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 179 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 49 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
The effects of pedestrianization on commercial dynamics a quasi-experimental study in Barcelona
Cities worldwide are increasingly implementing pedestrianization policies to enhance urban livability, promote sustainable mobility, and stimulate local economic activity. However, while these interventions are often celebrated for revitalizing public space, their potential role in triggering processes of commercial gentrification remains underexplored. This study investigates whether pedestrianization has contributed to commercial gentrification…
Understanding multimodal mobility patterns of micromobility users in urban environments
Micromobility, which includes bicycle-sharing systems, e-scooters, and shared moped-style scooters, has emerged as a popular alternative to traditional transport modes in urban environments, thus expanding the number of transportation options available to urban travellers. Previous research has primarily relied on trip-based data to explore the multimodal character of micromobility. However, existing evidence has failed to understand the ways in …
The impact of proximity to amenities on housing affordability
Research on the 15-minute city has greatly expanded over the last decade, yet little has been studied about how this urban model affects access to affordable housing. This paper examines the relationship between proximity to everyday amenities and rental prices in four Spanish cities (Barcelona, Valencia, Palma, and Granada) that already meet the requirements of a 15-minute city. Spatial analysis and segmented regressions are employed to account …
Can proximity forge strong bonds? Exploring the relationship between urban proximity and social cohesion at the neighbourhood level
Social cohesion is negatively associated with distance to daily destinations. • This negative association is mediated by individuals’ perceptions of proximity. • Perceived distance amplifies the effect of destination proximity on social cohesion. • Planning focussed on local access to services and amenities is key to social cohesion. • More research is needed on how perceptions of distance to destinations form. Urban proximity has recently regain…
Unpacking the docked bike-sharing experience. A bike-along study on the infrastructural constraints and determinants of everyday bike-sharing use
Cycling for transportation is increasingly recognised as a core strategy to combat the climate emergency, particularly in urban environments. In this frame, bike-sharing systems offer a valuable opportunity to attract new users to cycling and promote sustainable mobility. However, the rapid growth in the use of these schemes has exposed critical gaps, such as insufficient cycling infrastructure, system saturation, or poor integration with other t…
Ojos en la calle
La seguridad es un componente clave de la sustentabilidad social de una ciudad. Este estudio explora cómo se relacionan la percepción de seguridad y la vitalidad urbana en un contexto latinoamericano pospandemia. La aproximación es cualitativa mediante la realización de un fotovoz con la participación de 19 personas residentes y trabajadoras de la comuna de Santiago y la recopilación de 436 imágenes durante febrero y marzo de 2023. Los hallazgos …
Unravelling retail diversity through its spatial relationship with social vulnerability and tourism pressures in Barcelona
Diversity in retail and facilities is essential for creating proximity environments. Most analyses have focused on either built environment predictors or the balance between diversity and social vulnerability and tourism, but little is known of their interrelationship. Using georeferenced data of retail and facilities in Barcelona (Spain), the study shows that diversity is positively associated with compact and dense environments, but negatively …
The social implications of the vital city model
Previous studies have identified vital urban spaces through the concentration of people, the diversity of land uses and buildings, accessibility, and the existence of a compact urban fabric. However, the relationship between urban vitality and social sustainability has not been studied in these terms. This paper seeks to analyse the social implications of the vital city model for residents in the context of a Latin American city: Santiago de Chil…
Are vital neighbourhoods socially privileged? Exploring the spatial relationship between urban vitality and urban vulnerability
The built environment plays a key role in everyday wellbeing, as well-designed and accessible environments help fulfil people’s daily needs and activities. Of special relevance is the urban vitality concept of Jane Jacobs, a core principle of local planning strategies worldwide, which is used as an indicator of street vibrancy and quality of life among city residents. However, the promotion of her ideas on dense, lively, and diverse neighbourhood…
Visiting natural open spaces in urban areas during pregnancy and its association with daily physical activity
We examined the association between visiting natural open spaces (NOS) and physical activity (PA) at different trimesters of pregnancy. We used GPS and accelerometer data from women residing in Donostia-San Sebastian and Barcelona. Daily visits to NOS were associated with an increase of circa 8 min of moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) in the first and second trimesters of pregnancy. Women who visited NOS were more likely to meet the W…
Spatial patterns and drivers of urban expansion
Urban expansion is a global phenomenon rapidly transforming the earth's land surface, causing negative social and environmental impacts. Analysing its spatial patterns and underlying factors is crucial to promoting sustainable urban forms, especially in developing countries experiencing further increases in expansion. This study quantifies and explores the spatial pattern of the Metropolitan Region of Santiago (Chile) between 1997 and 2013, corre…
On pathways and agreement
There is growing interest in understanding the links between neighbourhood environmental attributes (i.e. greenness, walkability and air pollution) and human health. Recent research has analysed the mediating role of a diverse set of potential factors and studied the agreement between objective and perceived modalities of those attributes. In this study, we explored the connections between objective neighbourhood attributes, their perceived accou…
Public Health-Led Insights on Electric Micro-mobility Adoption and Use
The advent of electric micro-mobility (EMM) has transformed the urban mobility landscape, with projections indicating a 5–10% increase in its modal share in European cities by 2030. In this scoping review, we aimed to comprehensively examine the key determinants of EMM adoption and usage from a public health perspective. Sixty-seven articles were included in the analysis, primarily covering e-bikes and e-scooters. The determinants were categorise…
E-scooter and bike-share route choice and detours
Micromobility is often presented as a sustainable, affordable, and active urban transport option, in comparison to motorised modes. Understanding users routing preferences could help policymakers adapt and design facilities that attract a myriad of micromobility users. Whereas previous research largely focused solely on the built infrastructure, the ways in which sociodemographic factors affect micromobility route choice and infrastructure prefer…
Youth Perception of Urban Vitality
Promoting urban vitality has become an increasingly important focus among urban planners in the last decade. However, most definitions about what urban vitality consists of are based on quantitative methods, while the meaning and implications of vitality also need to be understood qualitatively. We conducted a study based on the PhotoVoice method in a low-income district in Barcelona, Spain, to explore how vitality is constructed among young peop…
Accounting for care in everyday mobility
Since care is an essential part of our individual and collective survival, there is the challenge to explore how care operates through daily mobility patterns in urban settings. This paper utilizes the concept of 'mobility of care' to quantitatively assess care-related trips in the Barcelona Metropolitan Region (BMR) using an official household travel survey. We analyse the factors linked to care-related trips at the individual, household, and te…
Gendered morphologies and walking
It is well established that urban form can encourage or hinder daily walking activity. Consequently, urban form has a direct impact on both spatial accessibility and the ability of achieving daily physical activity recommendations. However, the relationship between urban form and walking patterns may present relevant differences among different population subgroups, for instance in terms of gender. In order to analyse how the relationship between…
Gendered travel behaviour in micromobility? Travel speed and route choice through the lens of intersecting identities
Evidence shows that the use of micromobility vehicles is currently skewed towards young men, who are more likely to adopt risky behaviours, such as fast or aggressive riding. However, research on micromobility travel behaviour founded on GPS data has repeatedly failed to disaggregate findings by gender, or to account for intertwined sociodemographic identities. In this study, we investigate how bike-share cyclists and private e-scooter riders nav…
Jane Jacobs reloaded
The theories of Jane Jacobs have gained momentum as a framework to address the challenges faced by present-day cities. Of special relevance is the concept of urban vitality as an indicator of street vibrancy and quality of life among city residents. This study aims to revisit her principles from an applied perspective by developing an updated index that measures the conditions for urban vitality as described in her most celebrated book, The Death…
Vitalidad urbana y vida cotidiana
El creciente interés por el estudio de la vida cotidiana en las ciudades ha llevado a recuperar las ideas de Jane Jacobs, una de las figuras más influyentes del pensamiento urbano. Uno de sus conceptos más célebres es el de vitalidad urbana, a partir del cual se identifican elementos del entorno construido que convierten los espacios urbanos en lugares donde confluyen la presencia de gente, el bullicio y la combinación de diversas actividades. El…
Urban vitality and seniors’ outdoor rest time in Barcelona
Distance Decay Effects on Public Transportation Ridership in the Context of a Metropolitan University Campus
Metropolitan university campuses (MUCs) are of interest for policymaking given their general highly car-oriented nature, and the subsequent need to promote policies that enhance sustainable accessibility outcomes. Hence, a growing body of research has emerged over the last decade focusing on travel behavior associated with those metropolitan enclaves. However, limited attention has been paid to distance decay effects on modal choice in the contex…
Santiago de Chile through the Eyes of Jane Jacobs. Analysis of the Conditions for Urban Vitality in a Latin American Metropolis
The urban planning ideas proposed by Jane Jacobs in the 1960s remain relevant to this day, promoting a perspective on the relationship between urban morphology and the community that takes into consideration the experiences of the people themselves in the planning of cities. With Jacobs’ ideas in mind, this article seeks to explore the urban territory of Santiago, Chile, and to assess the vitality of its neighborhoods with their diversity of morp…
Testing the Multiple Pathways of Residential Greenness to Pregnancy Outcomes Model in a Sample of Pregnant Women in the Metropolitan Area of Donostia-San Sebastián
Residential greenness may positively impact diverse human health indicators through the reduction of air pollution, the improvement of psychological health, and the promotion of physical activity. Previous studies indicate a weak but positive association with pregnancy outcomes. Our aim was to test the multiple pathways from residential greenness to pregnancy outcomes model, using residential NO 2 concentrations, psychological health, and moderat…
The relationship between Mediterranean built environment and outdoor physical activity
Having identified a set of geographic-based considerations, this study aims to analyse physical activity (PA) engagement and its relationship with its hosting environment in a Mediterranean metropolis. This is conducted based on GPS and accelerometer data from a sample of young adults living in different neighbourhood types. The results of the study show how outdoor moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) in Barcelona mainly takes place on …
A gender analysis of everyday mobility in urban and rural territories
Gender differences in mobility patterns between women and men have long been acknowledged. This study analyses how these differences are reproduced in different urban and rural contexts. Using mobility data from a large travel survey taken in 2006 in Spain, we examine the differences between gender mobility through age, modal split and trip purposes. Special attention is paid to how territory shapes mobility and how these territorial settings dif…
Neighbourhood vitality and physical activity among the elderly
The Walkable city and the importance of the proximity environments for Barcelona’s everyday mobility
Suburban commuting and activity spaces
This study explores the spatial extent of daily mobility by analysing the activity spaces of suburban commuters. It deepens knowledge of the transport-related consequences of functionally segregated areas within metropolitan regions, detecting the most significant factors (personal and environmental) affecting the size of activity spaces of people with a suburban commute. Additionally, a comparison between new and traditional calculation methods …
The urban vitality conditions of Jane Jacobs in Barcelona
Looking at Barcelona through Jane Jacobs’s eyes
Gendered travel behaviour in micromobility? Travel speed and route choice through the lens of intersecting identities
Evidence shows that the use of micromobility vehicles is currently skewed towards young men, who are more likely to adopt risky behaviours, such as fast or aggressive riding. However, research on micromobility travel behaviour founded on GPS data has repeatedly failed to disaggregate findings by gender, or to account for intertwined sociodemographic identities. In this study, we investigate how bike-share cyclists and private e-scooter riders nav…
Changes in gendered mobility patterns in the context of the Great Recession (2007–2012)
Suburban travelers pressed for time
Resilient territories and mobility adaptation strategies in times of economic recession
The international financial crisis has affected people’s everyday activities, changing multiple aspects of their daily behavior. In countries deeply affected by the economic recession, the crisis has produced a significant incentive to change transport and mobility habits towards cheaper and affordable modes of transport. The impacts of the crisis have been spatially heterogeneous and socially diverse, and consequently mobility adaptation strateg…
Jane Jacobs reloaded
The theories of Jane Jacobs have gained momentum as a framework to address the challenges faced by present-day cities. Of special relevance is the concept of urban vitality as an indicator of street vibrancy and quality of life among city residents. This study aims to revisit her principles from an applied perspective by developing an updated index that measures the conditions for urban vitality as described in her most celebrated book, The Death…
On user perception of private transport in Barcelona Metropolitan area
Spatial patterns and drivers of urban expansion
Urban expansion is a global phenomenon rapidly transforming the earth's land surface, causing negative social and environmental impacts. Analysing its spatial patterns and underlying factors is crucial to promoting sustainable urban forms, especially in developing countries experiencing further increases in expansion. This study quantifies and explores the spatial pattern of the Metropolitan Region of Santiago (Chile) between 1997 and 2013, corre…
The scales of the metropolis
Accounting for care in everyday mobility
Since care is an essential part of our individual and collective survival, there is the challenge to explore how care operates through daily mobility patterns in urban settings. This paper utilizes the concept of 'mobility of care' to quantitatively assess care-related trips in the Barcelona Metropolitan Region (BMR) using an official household travel survey. We analyse the factors linked to care-related trips at the individual, household, and te…
Urban vitality and seniors’ outdoor rest time in Barcelona
Evidence of gendered modal split from Warsaw, Poland
In order to design strategies focused on reducing car use and favoring alternative modes of transportation, it is first necessary to analyze and understand the current use of transport. While current discussions on modal share is present in Polish media and political debate in the context of class conflict, the gender aspect that we propose in this article, provides a completely new perspective. The present study analyzes the diverse relationship…
A Relational Perspective on Everyday Mobility in the Barcelona Metropolitan Region
The collective dimension of everyday life plays a key role on how daily mobility patterns are drawn, especially considering relationships at the household level. However, previous literature regarding spatiotemporal behaviour has, above all, focused on individual characteristics detached from their immediate social contexts. By adopting a relational perspective this paper aims to explore how the combination of individual and household‐related var…
Youth Perception of Urban Vitality
Promoting urban vitality has become an increasingly important focus among urban planners in the last decade. However, most definitions about what urban vitality consists of are based on quantitative methods, while the meaning and implications of vitality also need to be understood qualitatively. We conducted a study based on the PhotoVoice method in a low-income district in Barcelona, Spain, to explore how vitality is constructed among young peop…
Is there any time left for walking?” Physical activity implications of suburban commuting in the Barcelona metropolitan region
The present study delves into the explanatory factors of the walking patterns of residents in metropolitan regions, who tend to be pressed for time when travelling to their daily destinations or activities. We particularly focus on the effects of the commuting distance on the amount of walking that can be achieved, which has health, socioeconomic and environmental implications. This study confirms the potential benefits of using smartphone tracki…
Youth Mobility and Territorial Disparities
Travel behavior of the present generation of youths is being increasingly explored due to their relevance in shaping future accessibility needs and mobility habits. The present study offers an original perspective on this topic by identifying territorial disparities that emerge in youth mobility patterns in rural and urban areas. Unlike most previous research, we propose taking a global view on mobility by analyzing all trip purposes and transpor…
Gendered morphologies and walking
It is well established that urban form can encourage or hinder daily walking activity. Consequently, urban form has a direct impact on both spatial accessibility and the ability of achieving daily physical activity recommendations. However, the relationship between urban form and walking patterns may present relevant differences among different population subgroups, for instance in terms of gender. In order to analyse how the relationship between…
Introducing urban vitality as a determinant of children's healthy mobility habits
In this study we introduce urban vitality as a determining factor for both physical activity (PA) and activity engagement in children living in Barcelona's Metropolitan Region. We compare the physical outcomes of children living in vital and non-vital areas using mobility data taken from a travel survey. Chi-square, and association tests were used to compare the health outcomes of children living in vital and non-vital areas. Specifically, we mea…
Syntheses of Stereochemically Restricted Lactone-type Analogues of Jasmonic Acids
5-Oxa-7-epi-jasmonic acid and 5-oxa-jasmonic acid, which are stereochemically restricted lactone-type analogues of jasmonic acids, were synthesized via three-component coupling of 2(5H)-furanone, tert-butyl acetate and 1-bromo-2-pentyne. After acidic deprotection of the tert-butyl esters, the (Z)-olefin was introduced by catalytic partial reduction with the Lindlar catalyst to give the desired analogues.
Mobility and Urban Transport in Metropolitan Barcelona Accessibility versus Exclusion
Dinámicas metropolitanas y tiempos de la movilidad. La región metropolitana de Barcelona, como ejemplo
Las áreas metropolitanas se han analizado desde las relaciones espaciales que desarrollan los desplazamientos por motivo trabajo. Este artículo quiere complementar esta visión unifuncional de las realidades metropolitanas, introduciendo los desplazamientos cotidianos como actividades que estructuran territorios desde todos los motivos que los inducen, tanto los laborales como los personales.Además el tiempo de desplazamiento es una variable relac…
Las encuestas de movilidad y los referentes ambientales de los transportes
La contribucin de los desplazamientos de la poblacin a las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero, en la medida en que utiliza medios de transporte mecnicos, principalmente el automvil, es irrefutable. Muchos trabajos coinciden en que esa contribucin bordea el 30 por ciento del total de emisiones. Sin embargo, no todos los medios de transporte tienen un mismo nivel de incidencia en este proceso, por lo que es de suma importancia analizar el rep…
On user perception of private transport in Barcelona Metropolitan area
A gender analysis of everyday mobility in urban and rural territories
Gender differences in mobility patterns between women and men have long been acknowledged. This study analyses how these differences are reproduced in different urban and rural contexts. Using mobility data from a large travel survey taken in 2006 in Spain, we examine the differences between gender mobility through age, modal split and trip purposes. Special attention is paid to how territory shapes mobility and how these territorial settings dif…
The Walkable city and the importance of the proximity environments for Barcelona’s everyday mobility
Neighbourhood vitality and physical activity among the elderly
As manifestações pelo transporte público no Brasil
Os problemas relativos aos transportes públicos coletivos na região da Grande Florianópolis foram postos em evidência com as recentes manifestações de junho e julho de 2013, como uma das grandes demandas sociais do país na atualidade. A proeminência da questão, no entanto, não tem sido acompanhada de análises que posicionem o problema dentro da totalidade, isto é, considerando as relações sociais, estruturas de poder e as condições de governança,…
Introducing urban vitality as a determinant of children's healthy mobility habits
In this study we introduce urban vitality as a determining factor for both physical activity (PA) and activity engagement in children living in Barcelona's Metropolitan Region. We compare the physical outcomes of children living in vital and non-vital areas using mobility data taken from a travel survey. Chi-square, and association tests were used to compare the health outcomes of children living in vital and non-vital areas. Specifically, we mea…
Resilient territories and mobility adaptation strategies in times of economic recession
The international financial crisis has affected people’s everyday activities, changing multiple aspects of their daily behavior. In countries deeply affected by the economic recession, the crisis has produced a significant incentive to change transport and mobility habits towards cheaper and affordable modes of transport. The impacts of the crisis have been spatially heterogeneous and socially diverse, and consequently mobility adaptation strateg…
Suburban travelers pressed for time
The scales of the metropolis
La dimensión territorial de la Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona en un contexto metropolitano
En el contexto actual de sociedad global y del conocimiento, la universidad ha intensificado su colaboración en el territorio hasta obtener un papel destacado en el desarrollo de las regiones. Actualmente, la universidad contribuye a la internacionalización del territorio en el cual se establece, a partir de la influencia que ésta tiene en los diferentes aspectos de la realidad socioeconómica. Ante este contexto, la universidad forma parte de la …
Suburban commuting and activity spaces
This study explores the spatial extent of daily mobility by analysing the activity spaces of suburban commuters. It deepens knowledge of the transport-related consequences of functionally segregated areas within metropolitan regions, detecting the most significant factors (personal and environmental) affecting the size of activity spaces of people with a suburban commute. Additionally, a comparison between new and traditional calculation methods …
Looking at Barcelona through Jane Jacobs’s eyes
A Relational Perspective on Everyday Mobility in the Barcelona Metropolitan Region
The collective dimension of everyday life plays a key role on how daily mobility patterns are drawn, especially considering relationships at the household level. However, previous literature regarding spatiotemporal behaviour has, above all, focused on individual characteristics detached from their immediate social contexts. By adopting a relational perspective this paper aims to explore how the combination of individual and household‐related var…
Temperature and Rain Moderate the Effect of Neighborhood Walkability on Walking Time for Seniors in Barcelona
Walking is the most accessible form for seniors to engage in daily light or moderate physical activity. Walking activity depends on both individual and environmental factors, the latter including how walkable a given setting is. Recent papers have pointed at the relevance of also considering meteorological conditions in relation to the walking behavior of older adults. This paper explores the combined effect of neighborhood walkability, temperatu…
Natural Landscape, Infrastructure, and Health
Urban green spaces (UGS) have been linked with a series of benefits for the environment, and for the physical health and well-being of urban residents. This is of great importance in the context of the aging of modern societies. However, UGS have different forms and characteristics that can determine their utilization. Common elements in UGS such as the type of vegetation and the type of surface are surprisingly understudied in regard to their re…
Changes in gendered mobility patterns in the context of the Great Recession (2007–2012)
Evidence of gendered modal split from Warsaw, Poland
In order to design strategies focused on reducing car use and favoring alternative modes of transportation, it is first necessary to analyze and understand the current use of transport. While current discussions on modal share is present in Polish media and political debate in the context of class conflict, the gender aspect that we propose in this article, provides a completely new perspective. The present study analyzes the diverse relationship…
The urban vitality conditions of Jane Jacobs in Barcelona
Is there any time left for walking?” Physical activity implications of suburban commuting in the Barcelona metropolitan region
The present study delves into the explanatory factors of the walking patterns of residents in metropolitan regions, who tend to be pressed for time when travelling to their daily destinations or activities. We particularly focus on the effects of the commuting distance on the amount of walking that can be achieved, which has health, socioeconomic and environmental implications. This study confirms the potential benefits of using smartphone tracki…
Youth Mobility and Territorial Disparities
Travel behavior of the present generation of youths is being increasingly explored due to their relevance in shaping future accessibility needs and mobility habits. The present study offers an original perspective on this topic by identifying territorial disparities that emerge in youth mobility patterns in rural and urban areas. Unlike most previous research, we propose taking a global view on mobility by analyzing all trip purposes and transpor…
Santiago de Chile through the Eyes of Jane Jacobs. Analysis of the Conditions for Urban Vitality in a Latin American Metropolis
The urban planning ideas proposed by Jane Jacobs in the 1960s remain relevant to this day, promoting a perspective on the relationship between urban morphology and the community that takes into consideration the experiences of the people themselves in the planning of cities. With Jacobs’ ideas in mind, this article seeks to explore the urban territory of Santiago, Chile, and to assess the vitality of its neighborhoods with their diversity of morp…
Geography (40 works) · Urban Transport and Accessibility (39 works) · Sociology (26 works) · Engineering (23 works) · Metropolitan area (18 works) · Economic geography (17 works) · Transport engineering (17 works) · Political science (16 works) · Economics (14 works) · Computer Science (12 works)