Perception of the Quality of Life in the Dwelling. Contingency Period for COVID-19 in the City of Xalapa-Mexico

Abstract

The changes that the human being has caused in the environment generate deficiencies that unbalance the conditions of well-being, placing humanity in divergent positions by not proposing the appropriate responses regarding the habitat, the home, and the quality of life of the inhabitant, starting from in an inequitable and segregating city model, which minimizes the collaborative comprehensive response and fragments the rights to obtain an unsustainable habitat. The period of the COVID-19 Contingency in the context of México has made evident many problems raised in relation to inappropriate proposals, which, being in confinement, put into discussion issues that impact on the human being, such as the environment, the economy, health, etc. and in essence a mixture where the physical and emotional stability of the inhabitant is fragile. The objective of this research is to rethink the formulation of proposals to produce a healthy, adequate, equitable and sustainable habitat, which encourages the generation of ideas from a comprehensive systemic vision, based on a quantitative methodology to identify situations related to satisfaction in the habitat, as a case study it is developed in the city of Xalapa, Veracruz. The results show the real conditions of the house, in which the activities were contrasted with the residential space, evidencing the real deficiencies in keeping its inhabitants in supposed internal security. The conclusions lead us to think the urgency of new approaches on how to improve housing and stop thinking that public space is the only satisfactor of absences in the private sector, so offering comprehensive, diverse, and flexible alternatives is feasible.