Abstract

SALAZAR MARTINEZ, Bertha Lilia  and  VAZQUEZ HONORATO, Luis Arturo. Transformaciones en el hábitat rural a partir de la pandemia COVID-19. Ixhuacán de los Reyes, Veracruz. AyP contin. [online]. 2022, vol.9, n.16, pp.8-8. ISSN 2362-6089.  http://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.35305/23626097v9i16.365.

The COVID-19 contingency period in the Mexican context has both highlighted and intensified many of the previously perceived problems dealing with economy, health, education, and housing. The case of Ixhuacán de los Reyes is addressed: a rural community which had the opportunity to carry out extension work more than five years ago, and in which there has been a close relationship between authorities and inhabitants. The aim is to propose strategies achieving an adequate sustainable habitat. This is developed by means of a qualitative methodology with an ethnographic approach along with the analysis of testimonies in which authorities and civil society members portray the most difficult moments experienced during this period. The results show different habitability conditions in the city and in rural environments which are related to uses and customs of the inhabitants of these regions. The conclusions demonstrate the urgency of a transformation in the current way of life to preserve the residential habitat and the life quality of the inhabitants.

Keywords : rural habitat; socioeconomics; health; education; housing.