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Mobilities of the periphery: Informality, access and social exclusion in the urban fringe in Colombia
Abstract The relationship between transport, poverty and social exclusion has increasingly held an important place in both research and policy agendas, particularly in industrialised countries. While this has helped consolidate an emerging body of theory concerned with the social consequences of mobility, our understanding of these dynamics in the context of high vulnerability and poverty in the Global South is still relatively undeveloped. Through the case of Soacha, a municipality adjacent to Colombia's capital, Bogotá, this paper explores travel strategies in a context of scarce provision of transport which, when combined with acute conditions of low-income and segregation, limit vulnerable populations' access to the city. The travel practices, perceptions and priorities of low-income populations in deprived areas of the Global South are analysed, using a framework of transport-related social exclusion, to critically examine the elements that play a role in gaining access to the city. The emergence of adaptable methods, relations and transactions between demand and supply that allows deprived populations to reduce their risk of becoming socially excluded show potential for conceptual and practical development in addressing and analysing transport-related social exclusion.
Highlights Qualitative analysis helps deconstructing social exclusion in contexts of deprivation Essential resources are traded-off to respond to dimensions of social exclusion Social exclusion is neither a static nor a discrete process It relates to time, power and space, involving changing levels of exclusion Vulnerabilities lead to transferences of risks of exclusion to less-vulnerable groups Personalised transactions in paratransit embed it into the definition of accessibility
Mobilities of the periphery: Informality, access and social exclusion in the urban fringe in Colombia
Abstract The relationship between transport, poverty and social exclusion has increasingly held an important place in both research and policy agendas, particularly in industrialised countries. While this has helped consolidate an emerging body of theory concerned with the social consequences of mobility, our understanding of these dynamics in the context of high vulnerability and poverty in the Global South is still relatively undeveloped. Through the case of Soacha, a municipality adjacent to Colombia's capital, Bogotá, this paper explores travel strategies in a context of scarce provision of transport which, when combined with acute conditions of low-income and segregation, limit vulnerable populations' access to the city. The travel practices, perceptions and priorities of low-income populations in deprived areas of the Global South are analysed, using a framework of transport-related social exclusion, to critically examine the elements that play a role in gaining access to the city. The emergence of adaptable methods, relations and transactions between demand and supply that allows deprived populations to reduce their risk of becoming socially excluded show potential for conceptual and practical development in addressing and analysing transport-related social exclusion.
Highlights Qualitative analysis helps deconstructing social exclusion in contexts of deprivation Essential resources are traded-off to respond to dimensions of social exclusion Social exclusion is neither a static nor a discrete process It relates to time, power and space, involving changing levels of exclusion Vulnerabilities lead to transferences of risks of exclusion to less-vulnerable groups Personalised transactions in paratransit embed it into the definition of accessibility
Mobilities of the periphery: Informality, access and social exclusion in the urban fringe in Colombia
Oviedo Hernandez, Daniel (author) / Titheridge, Helena (author)
Journal of Transport Geography ; 55 ; 152-164
2015-12-10
13 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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