The right to the city in the paradigm of mobility

The article discusses the epistemological interconnections of such concepts as the right to the city, mobile citizenship, urban mobility and universal design. The problem of accessibility of and barriers in the urban environment has become extremely important today for the researchers, since it is directly related to the issues of the quality of life, overcoming the marginalization of millions of ordinary Russian citizens. The authors emphasise that universal design is becoming a key condition for improving the accessibility of the environment, public goods and services for all people. The right to the city is considered in terms of freedom of movement, accessibility of socially significant objects, including urban green areas, as well as in the perspective of mobilizing a civic position. The mobile citizenship of such vulnerable groups as people with disabilities, migrants, women and other categories of population, is associated with their right to accessible city routes and inclusive parks. Focus on the accessibility of urban green spaces reveals the growing complexity of urban life. The problems of equal access of people to safe and inclusive urban green spaces are presented here on the basis of the materials of the World Health Organization and empirical data obtained through walk along. It is shown that the turn to the new urbanism caused the emergence of the walk along method in such a theoretical perspective that considers the right to the city in the process of interaction of city authorities, designers, architects, builders and ordinary people, old-timers and newcomers, everyday users who make changes in cities. The cognitive potential of the walk along interview method is shown not only in the context of social sciences. Its applicability in urban planning is also emphasized. As the interviews showed, social citizenship is faced with obstacles in practice, and one should think about factors that facilitate orientation, mobility, security, improving the accessibility of urban space.

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