Resumen

OBREGON-BIOSCA, Saúl Antonio. Population travel characteristics between the urban-rural continuum in a metropolitan area. Pap. poblac [online]. 2018, vol.24, n.97, pp.145-172. ISSN 2448-7147.  https://doi.org/10.22185/24487147.2018.97.28.

On a metropolitan area, the urban sprawl influences the mobility patterns of the population living in the peri-urban areas and in their travel characteristics, such as increases in travel times. Through the mobility characteristics studied in developed countries, so the paper aims to analyze and compare the population trips characteristics in the urban-rural continuum of a metropolitan area in emerging country as Mexico. From a survey origin-destination and descriptive statistics, the main findings have shown the differences in the mobility pattern and trip rate, of the people that live in the urban-rural continuum considering as case study the Metropolitan Area of Querétaro.

Palabras llave : Metropolitans trips; mode to transport; reason to travel; population; emerging economy.