Cartographies of mobility. Atlas from AMBA Household mobility survey (ENMODO), 2009-2010

Abstract

The Household Mobility Surveys (ENMODO by its acronym in Spanish) are an official source of statistically representative data on the daily mobility of urban agglomerates, on a macro scale and by all modes of transport. These are key for both public policies and academic research, to make diagnoses, observe trends, define baselines or contextualize information from other sources. Being mobility an indissoluble part of the territorial, and spatial analysis a key methodology of the territorial studies (Gutiérrez, 2020), curiously, the spatial analysis of the ENMODO is weak, particularly its cartography. The paper aims to contribute to generate thematic and analytical cartography on daily mobility, based on the use of quantitative data offered by the ENMODO. Regarding methodology, the case of ENMODO 2009-2010 carried out in the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires is used, recovering learnings and developments related to the elaboration of the Atlas. As an empirical contribution, the typology and selection criteria of the resulting mobility maps are presented. The main finding is about the feasibility of a greater cartographic exploitation of the ENMODO as a way to create new information, useful for land management, and accessible to a wider audience.