Abstract

MERA, Gabriela. De la localización a la movilidad: propuestas teórico-metodológicas para abordar la segregación espacial urbana. Cuad. urbano [online]. 2014, vol.17, n.17, pp.25-46. ISSN 1853-3655.

The notion of spatial segregation is a category often used by scholars to analyze the spatial distribution of urban populations. Despite its extensive application and the recent theoretical debates about it, there have been few efforts to translate these issues into critical and integrated methodological proposals. This article aims to make a contribution in this regard. On one hand, reviewing the major debates to define this notion, among specialized studies and urban sociology; and, on the other, critically revisiting some methodological tools used to measure it. It thus proposes a definition of spatial segregation, composed of spatial distribution (residential location) as well as daily urban practices, interactions and accessibility-exclusion dynamics (mobility), under which differences and distances are constructed.

Keywords : Spatial segregation, spatial distribution, urban frontiers.

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