Territorial and gender inequalities in the eastern periphery of Montevideo. A feminist perspective on the phenomenon of self-segregated neighborhoods

Abstract

On the eastern periphery of Montevideo, there are three neighborhoods with private neighborhood characteristics: San Nicolás, Los Olivos and Parques. In addition, three more neighborhoods are under construction. These neighbourhoods, although by order of the Municipality of Montevideo cannot have access fences, they make up self-segregated spaces that deny the link with the city, implanted as "islands" in the territory with 24-hour security and surveillance. On the other hand, the lifestyle that is promoted is the traditional heteronormative family in which the woman is relegated to the home. This research proposes to study the growing and expanding phenomenon of self-segregated neighborhoods from a feminist perspective, with the aim of questioning and revealing the type of city that is built with these urbanizations and how this impacts the place, generating more territorial and gender inequalities.

Keywords: territorial inequalities, gender inequalities, feminist urbanism, self-segregated neighborhoods