In addition to the environmental and health benefits, proximity to cities also promotes the creation of strong social ties, which are associated with...
Place names not only refer us to geographical points, but also with insights into how our ancestors thought and spoke. The etymological method has been the same since the nineteenth century and for this reason, UAB researcher, Núria Garcia-Quera,...
Water poverty is an expression of socio-economic inequalities and the privatization processes of basic services. This problem affects nearly 10% of households in the metropolitan area of Barcelona. Researchers from the Department...
A study from the UAB sheds light on the political dimensions of air pollution in Barcelona city. The research demonstrates that power structures tied to patriarchy, racism, and ageism impact travel behaviour and...
GEMOTT and ICTA (UAB) researchers have studied the use of micromobility in the city of Barcelona and the relationship between the behavior of its users and their gender in order to design spaces where micromobility users are diversified. The results of the...
UAB in collaboration with the Sapienza University of Rome has developed a new methodological term called Spatio-Temporal Patterns of Land (STEPLand) for Land Change Science. Through the review of 250 articles on land use and land cover...
Researchers from the Department of Geography and ICTA-UAB have identified the main psychosociological factors (functionals and non-functionals) influencing individuals in their decision to use scooters and electric bicycles to move around the city. Their conclusions...
Can the expansion of urban land be efficient from an economic point of view? Is it sustainable from an environmental point of view? A study carried out by researcher Verónica...
Despite the increasing interest of the scientific community and society towards the potential of forests as a source of human health, the existing scientific literature does not allow for a coherent relationship between...
The thesis of Xavier Delclòs aims to study daily travel time in the context of a city like Barcelona and how people perceives and manages it differently, based on empirical findings of the Barcelona Metropolitan Region. The results show an evident relationship between...
