SOCIO-SPATIAL INEQUALITIES

THE STRUGGLE FOR THE RIGHT TO THE CITY

Abstract

The text discusses some import traits of the question of the urban sociospatial inequality, namely issues of land property, appropriation of wealth and urban growth. The roles played by the capitalist State and by other agents that produce  socially-unequal urban space are emphasized. The main tenets of the World Declaration for the Right to the City are then presented, with special attention given to urban popular movements. The article also provides theoretical elements that allow us to evaluate the  divergences that exist between the so-called popular movements and neo-liberal agenda.