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Type of neighborhoods for a methodological contribution from residential segregation in the Metropolitan Zone of the Valley of Mexico (ZMVM)

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No. 42 (2020): Junio
https://doi.org/10.5354/0717-5051.2020.54781

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Despite there being a wide-ranging debate about segregation in Latin America, there are few studies on Mexican cities, in some cases it is due to the resistance to use anglicisms or concepts that are referred to as descriptive. However, this bias limited knowledge of urban processes of great importance for the understanding of the city and has been concluded only through reflection that the Metropolitan Area of the Valley of Mexico (ZMVM) is a segregated city. The research aims to explore a new methodology for the study of residential segregation and dismantle these aprioristic conclusions, using a typology of neighborhoods that result from its homogeneity: ghettos, enclaves and citadels. The results show that more than half of the population is not isolated and that only a very small part forms homogeneous spatial pattern. However, segregation cannot be said to be a myth; It is much smaller than what is stated in some studies.

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Residential segregation, homogeneity, concentration, ghetto, enclave, Mexico City

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Gómez Maturano, R., & Kunz Bolaños, I. (2020). Type of neighborhoods for a methodological contribution from residential segregation in the Metropolitan Zone of the Valley of Mexico (ZMVM). Revista De Urbanismo, (42), 72–87. https://doi.org/10.5354/0717-5051.2020.54781
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