Mobile Behavior Residents of Lviv: Typology and Dynamics

Abstract

The article considers mobility as depersonificated process characterized by volume, intensity and direction of major traffic flows, certain social mechanism, driving forces and certain consequences for society. Mobile behavior is defined as individualized (personalized) version of the mobility as social phenomenon. Social mobility is expressed in the professional, qualification, social, territorial and other movements of individuals; it is a form of their adaptation to socio-economic conditions of a society. Objective and subjective factors, the main types of mobile behavior and attitude of individuals to changes of their social positions are analyzed at the regional level. The comparative analysis of the data of sociological research, conducted in 1999, 2009, 2006, 2016 in Lviv, reveals the dynamic characteristics of the mobile behavior of Lviv for the past sixteen years.