Assessment of Planning and Building Regulations of Social Housing in Mexico: An Environmental Quality Approach. Case Study: Durango

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5821/ace.17.49.10567

Keywords:

Sustainability, regulations, urban planning, social housing

Abstract

The objective of this work was to develop a tool to assess planning and building regulations of social housing settlements in Mexico in order to identify the minimum guidelines that ease environmental quality for its inhabitants. The methodological strategy consists in identifying the similarities and dissimilarities of regulatory instruments of a case study —Durango— versus an international certification system —CASBEE-UD—. This paper is based on two elements that frame the problem: 1) the scarce articulation between normative and planning elements in the three levels of government in Mexico and, 2) the absence of sustainability criteria in the current normative guidelines. It is concluded that regulations of social housing, at an operational level, are generalist and do not guarantee environmental quality in the urban context. It is expected that the specific guidelines proposed in this work —where construction parameters, urban planning and sustainability criteria were articulated—, contribute to the improvement of the framework that regulates the development and construction of the social housing in Mexico.

Author Biographies

Citlalli Elizabeth Calderon Villegas, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)

PhD student in Sustainability Sciences at the Institute of Ecology of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, UNAM. Master of Science in Environmental Management from the National Polytechnic Institute, IPN (Mexico) at the Interdisciplinary Research Center for Regional Integral Development with a research stay at the ETSAB of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (Spain). Degree in Architecture from the Technological Institute of Durango (Mexico). Her interests and lines of research lie in the complexity of the production of space: urban-environmental relations and socio-territorial flows, topogenesis of place, urban form and social construction.

Hermilo Salas Espíndola, Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism. National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)

Ph.D., and master in Architecture from the Faculty of Architecture of the UNAM. Architect from the National School of Architecture with a specialty in housing, UNAM. Professor of the Faculty of Architecture of the UNAM since 1969. Responsible and founder of the Field of Knowledge in Economics, Politics and Environment and Sustainable Design of the Master's and Doctorate Programs in Architecture and Urbanism of the UNAM. He is currently a tutor, co-tutor and thesis director, in addition to teaching research workshops, seminars and selected topics. His career includes the foundation and presidency of several environmental and neighborhood associations with projects and advice on urban and environmental problems. His lines of research are: Architecture, construction and housing; economy, structure and urban processes; environment and city.

Patricia Ávila García, Ecosystem and Sustainability Research Institute of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)

Ph.D. in Social Sciences from CIESAS with a master's degree in Urban Development from El Colegio de México and a degree in Civil Engineering from UNAM. She has studies in Economics, an international specialty in Sustainable Development and a post-doctorate in Global Change awarded by the Technological University of Helsinki-El Colegio de México. She is currently Senior Researcher B of the Institute for Research in Ecosystems and Sustainability of UNAM and National Researcher of the National System of Researchers Level Two. National Prize in Social Sciences by the Mexican Academy of Sciences. Among her research lines are: urban poverty, informal settlements, urban services and environmental management of the territory.

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Published

2022-06-30

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Year 17, issue 49 (Jun. 2022)

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