Open AccessHousing habitability in times of COVID-19 in Mexico. Case of Culiacan
Author(s) -
Mercedes Verdugo López
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
ehquidad
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2386-4915
DOI - 10.15257/ehquidad.2021.0004
Subject(s) - habitability , covid-19 , pandemic , social distance , isolation (microbiology) , population , work (physics) , business , economic growth , geography , political science , sociology , environmental health , medicine , engineering , economics , outbreak , virology , mechanical engineering , physics , disease , pathology , planet , astrophysics , infectious disease (medical specialty) , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
The prolonged social distancing caused by the Covid-19 pandemic represents an unprecedented condition that has severely impacted on the different aspects of public and private life in Mexico. One of the most affected areas is the role of housing and its habitability. In a very short time, homes have become a place of work, a school, and sometimes a medical care facility. This article exposes the importance of the inhabitant's bond with their home and the habitability that is reconfigured in the social conditions imposed by the current health crisis. We believe that preventive isolation can contribute to containing contagions if the living conditions encourage to the collaboration of citizens. The methodology consists of a case study carried out in Culiacán, one of the Mexican cities most affected by the pandemic. The analysis is derived from the statistical processing of an online survey, applied in two times to the target population. In the first, 231 questionnaires were processed as a filter and in the second 50, which contained the most significant topics on the subject.