Abstract

CAMPOS-ALANIS, Juan; RAMIREZ-SANCHEZ, Luis Giovanni  and  GARROCHO, Carlos. Inclusion of the spatial variable in the measurement of relative living conditions in Mexican cities. Pap. poblac [online]. 2020, vol.26, n.103, pp.53-88.  Epub Apr 14, 2021. ISSN 2448-7147.  https://doi.org/10.22185/24487147.2020.103.03.

The most widely used methods to measure the Relative Living Conditions (CRVs) of the population (e.g. marginalization, poverty, social deprivation, human development), have been the basis for the design of social policies in Mexico and several Latin American countries. These predominant methods exclude the active role of space as a distributor and redistributor of welfare opportunities derived from strategic public services located in specific points in the territory (e.g. education and health services). They omit the basic fact that the supply and demand of these services must usually interact in the territory to generate benefits. As if the CRVs were molded in a non-place (Campos, 2009). The Spatial Justice paradigm incorporates space as a key redistributive agent of resources and opportunities among society (Soja, 2014). This work has the following objectives: i) Propose, from the paradigm of Space Justice, a method of measuring CRVs that authentically and operationally incorporates the spatial dimension; and, ii) demonstrate the conceptual, analytical and applied superiority of our Socio-spatial method to measure the CRVs, with respect to traditional Non-Spatial methods.

Keywords : Relative living conditions; accessibility; spatial justice.

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