Hidden patterns of urban mixing across five global cities
Using travel surveys from five global cities, this study explores how daily mobility shapes social mixing. Results show that activity spaces explain most place exposure variations, outweighing demographics and transit proximity.
Authors
- Becky P.Y. Loo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0822-5354)
- Esteban Moro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2894-1024)
- Zhuangyuan Fan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8642-694X)
- Fábio Duarte (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0909-5379)
- Carlo Ratti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2026-5631)
Institutions
- Northeastern University (US)
- Liaoning Normal University (CN)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
- University of Hong Kong (HK)
- Politecnico di Milano (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Nature Cities
- Published
- 2026-07-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s44284-026-00477-1
- Primary Topic
- Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00