ON THE RIGHT TO URBAN MOBILITY IN CONTEXTS OF VULNERABILITY: THE CASE OF THE PERIPHERAL NEIGHBORHOODS OF MEXICO CITY (Abstract)

Since 2014, Mexican legislation has gradually incorporated the concept of the right to mobility in several regulatory texts, recognizing the need to guarantee access to the city for the most vulnerable sectors of the population. Despite this political will, the inhabitants of Mexico City's peripheral neighbourhoods remain in a situation of great disadvantage and vulnerability, forced to face a highly hostile urban environment. Based on qualitative empirical research in different peripheral neighbourhoods of the Mexican capital, this article analyzes the endogenous and exogenous factors that limit the right to mobility of these populations. The results suggest that, despite the development of strategies that help them to counteract the difficulties they face in their daily mobility, these strategies do not allow them to reduce inequalities in access to the city.