A exclusión territorial como unha forma de manifestación dos procesos de exclusión social

Abstract

Accessibility to basic services is essential to ensure the quality of life of the population. A balanced  distribution of these services (schools, health centers, pharmacy offices, social centers, sports services, financial services, supermarkets, etc.) allows the population to identify themselves with their  closest space, increasing social cohesion and the interrelation between the population center and  its inhabitants. In fact, one of the factors that can cause or aggravate the social exclusion of individuals  lies in the vulnerability, social exclusion or stigma of the territories they inhabit. In this paper, we reflect on the concept of territorial exclusion and its relation to social exclusion, we present a  method of quantification and analysis of territorial exclusion and show the results of its application  to a basic public service, the pharmaceutical services. The results show that the current regulation  does not allow to solve the problems of access to the medication of multiply population centers in  the interior of Lugo and Ourense.