Abstract

HERNANDEZ, Gustavo  and  VELASQUEZ, Sergio. HOUSING AND QUALITY OF LIFE. Measuring the social habitat in western Mexico. Bitácora Urbano Territorial [online]. 2014, vol.24, n.1, pp.149-166. ISSN 0124-7913.

Production of social housing in Mexico in recent years has experienced sustained growth, however would have to validate if the mass production reaches the minimum standards of habitability.

The lack of information on behavior, quality of life and satisfaction achieved by users who live in a building, show the need to implement mechanisms to validate this measurement and serve as radiography living conditions in which are located.

A study was conducted to measure the living conditions in the housing to apply a statistical model and adopting the comparative form of two prototypes of housing: social and economic.

Keywords : Internal habitability; external habitability; housing deficit; physical space-dimension; psychosocial dimension.

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