Investigating Gendered Travel Patterns in the context of Land-use planning
It is well-established now that men and women have different patterns of travel both for work and non-work purposes. Given that women still bear responsibility for much of the care work in families, their travel patterns tend more toward trip-chaining than that of men from a similar background.
While much work has been done on mapping these differences in the context of the global north, we do not have enough studies on similar patterns in the context of India and the global south. Further, even globally, while the relationship of travel patterns to modes of travel, safety, employments etc. are addressed in great depth, not much research exists on the role of land-use in determining and facilitating these patterns of travel for both men and women.
This exploratory research aims to compare the effect of land-use in suburban and mixed use areas on the travel patterns of both men and women with the idea of investigating a) whether the planning of cities facilitate or hamper women’s access to public space b) how in the wider context they effect the quality of life for both men and women.
