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Urban mobility in northern Argentine Patagonia: an approach to the tourist city of San Carlos de Bariloche

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The mobility turn has supposed the recognition of different situations from space inequality related to daily displacements in cities. The present article proposes to approach this type of asymmetry in San Carlos de Bariloche, a mountain tourist city where the low temperatures and the rugged relief of its soil characterize its environment. It is postulated that the possession of private transport takes part decisively in the mobility capacities of its inhabitants, in addition to other alternatives of locomotion and the greater or lesser distance to central business district (CBD). To verify this, the travel experiences of the residents of two neighborhoods differentially distant from the CBD that also represent different socioeconomic profiles are analyzed. The qualitative methodology adopted is based on in-depth interviews made to ten inhabitants of the San Francisco and Casa de Piedra neighborhoods. From the investigation of their daily journeys, and those of the members of their household, it is concluded that the ability to move is lower among the inhabitants of San Francisco, which not only tends to limit their travel and potential trips, but also the experimentation and appropriation of the different spaces of the city.

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