Segregation, vulnerability and social and urban inequalities

Abstract

Related with the urban segregation processes, several studies have discussed the benefits or losses that affect different social groups as a result of their location in space. In this discussion, this article presents a study about these phenomena in Salvador, first capital and currently the third largest Brazilian city on data from the 2000 and 2010 demographic censuses and other official sources. Showing how differentiated appropriation of the urban territory interferes on access to goods and services and on life opportunities, these analyses highlight the relevance of mentioned phenomena for the production and reproduction of social inequalities and vulnerability.