CENTRALIDADES NOCTURNAS Y MOVILIDAD COTIDIANA EN EL CONURBANO BONAERENSE

NIGHT CENTRALITIES AND DAILY MOBILITY IN THE GREATER BUENOS AIRES The case of San Martín Municipality

Abstract

The proliferation of bars, breweries, restaurants, and nightclubs in residential areas of the Greater Buenos Aires generates a series of conflicts, such as increased traffic, noise level and occupation of public space, arising from this type of functional mixture. Faced with this problem, the paper analyzes the nocturnal centralities of San Martín municipality, both from the perspective of people's movements and the configuration of the urban fabric and its functional (in)compatibilities. At the municipal level, we recognize the focal points of concentration and the temporalities of nightlife. Then, we characterize mobility and accessibility patterns from a sample of eleven establishments, for which we surveyed the rates of trips attraction and generation and carried out more than 300 interception surveys. Finally, we delve into the typological characteristics of some representative cases and the appropriation they generate of public or collective space.