Mexico City has a high level of income per capita, but the distribution of income is highly unequal. This high inequality is partly responsible for the 13.4 percent of Mexico City’s population that suffers from malnutrition. According to the Consejo Nacional de Evaluación de la Política Social (the National Council for the Evaluation of Social Development Policy), this population is below the poverty line, and cannot afford the $1,177.04 pesos ($96.47 USD) that it takes, on average, to feed one person for a month. Read more or join the discussion.
Submitted by Maria Fernanda Carvallo — Mon, 05/20/2013 – 00:00
El Distrito Federal cuenta con un alto nivel de ingresos per cápita; sin embargo, la distribución de los ingresos es de alta desigualdad. Este grado de desigualdad dejó al 13.4 por ciento de la población del D.F. en pobreza alimentaria. De acuerdo al Consejo Nacional de Evaluación de la Política Social, esta población tiene un ingreso que se encuentra por debajo de la línea de bienestar mínimo y no tiene la manera de recaudar los $1,177.04 pesos necesarios que se necesitan al mes para alimentar a sólo una persona. Leer más o discutir.
Mexico City has a high level of income per capita, but the distribution of income is highly unequal. This high inequality is partly responsible for the 13.4 percent of Mexico City’s population that suffers from malnutrition. According to the Consejo Nacional de Evaluación de la Política Social (the National Council for the Evaluation of Social Development Policy), this population is below the poverty line, and cannot afford the $1,177.04 pesos ($96.47 USD) that it takes, on average, to feed one person for a month. Read more or join the discussion.
Submitted by Maria Fernanda Carvallo — Mon, 05/20/2013 – 00:00
A partir de hace más de 3 décadas el país ha presentado un crecimiento importante en cuanto a la esperanza de vida se refiere. En este sentido, de acuerdo a datos del Banco Mundial, para 2010 la esperanza de vida en el país era de 76.68 años, cifra únicamente inferior, en Latinoamérica, a la observada por Costa Rica (79.19 años). Leer más.
Submitted by Saúl Guarneros — Wed, 05/08/2013 – 16:33
El Pueblo San Andrés Totoltepec en la Delegación Tlalpan ha sido parte de una metodología de planeación urbana instrumentada por la Organización Fomento Solidario de la Vivienda (FOSOVI). Dicha organización busca desarrollar el diseño y planteamiento del hábitat popular a través de metodologías participativas, y que incida en el diseño de las políticas públicas. El eje central de esta metodología es un proceso dinámico basado en la capacidad y voluntad de la sociedad para guiar su propio destino. Este proceso parte de la Investigación-Acción-Participativa; una herramienta que vincula la reflexión, el diálogo, la acción y el aprendizaje entre los actores involucradas y externos para promover el empoderamiento de las comunidades excluidas de los procesos socio-políticos. Leer más o discutir.
The town of San Andrés Totoltepec, located in the administrative borough of Tlalpan, has been part of an urban planning methodology implemented by the Organización Fomento Solidario de la Vivienda — FOSOVI (the Social Fund for Housing). This organization uses participatory methodologies to design public policy; the core is to create a dynamic process based on the capacity of society to guide its own future. This is known as participatory action research, a tool that links reflection, dialogue and the knowledge of the actors involved in order to promote the empowerment of excluded communities in the process of public policy. Read more or join the discussion.
Submitted by Maria Fernanda Carvallo — Mon, 05/06/2013 – 00:00
The town of San Andrés Totoltepec, located in the administrative borough of Tlalpan, has been part of an urban planning methodology implemented by the Organización Fomento Solidario de la Vivienda — FOSOVI (the Social Fund for Housing). This organization uses participatory methodologies to design public policy; the core is to create a dynamic process based on the capacity of society to guide its own future. This is known as participatory action research, a tool that links reflection, dialogue and the knowledge of the actors involved in order to promote the empowerment of excluded communities in the process of public policy. Read more or join the discussion.
Submitted by Maria Fernanda Carvallo — Mon, 05/06/2013 – 00:00
El rápido crecimiento en las urbes ha tenido como consecuencia a la reproducción de espacios de diferenciación social donde se reproduce la marginación y la pobreza. En este sentido, actores en la esfera internacional promueven el bienestar de las personas que viven en estas condiciones. La declaración de la Cumbre de Estambul de 1996, propuso la realización de Agendas Hábitat para establecer planes de acción que brindaran soluciones a los rezagos sociales, entre ellas “vivienda adecuada para todos” y “desarrollo de asentamientos humanos sostenibles en un mundo en proceso de urbanización”. Leer más o discutir.
The rapid growth of major cities has led to the reproduction of marginalization and poverty in increasingly unequal societies. This is emphasized by the creation of under-served areas in the outskirts of cities, where the marginalized population has been distanced from the better socioeconomic conditions and social infrastructure that the city center has to offer. International actors have therefore worked to promote the welfare of of the poor living in these unequal conditions in order to link them with prosperous zones. The 1996 Istanbul Summit Declaration resulted in the Habitat Agendas, which propose a plan of action with regard to human settlement issues, including “proper housing for all” and “sustainable settlement development for humans in an urbanizing world.” Read more or discuss.
Submitted by Maria Fernanda Carvallo — Mon, 04/29/2013 – 00:00
The rapid growth of major cities has led to the reproduction of marginalization and poverty in increasingly unequal societies. This is emphasized by the creation of under-served areas in the outskirts of cities, where the marginalized population has been distanced from the better socioeconomic conditions and social infrastructure that the city center has to offer. International actors have therefore worked to promote the welfare of of the poor living in these unequal conditions in order to link them with prosperous zones. The 1996 Istanbul Summit Declaration resulted in the Habitat Agendas, which propose a plan of action with regard to human settlement issues, including “proper housing for all” and “sustainable settlement development for humans in an urbanizing world.” Read more or discuss.
Submitted by Maria Fernanda Carvallo — Mon, 04/29/2013 – 00:00
En México la migración es el principal determinante del crecimiento demográfico; la diversificación de las actividades económicas ha propiciado la aparición de polos de atracción alternativos que influyen en la movilidad territorial. El Distrito Federal desde los años cincuenta ha sido un lugar de destino de corrientes migratorias de otras entidades federativas, así como de migración intermunicipal en el área de la Zona Metropolitana de la Ciudad de México. Actualmente el DF ya no representa el principal polo de atracción en México, aunque sigue recibiendo migrantes temporales, de tránsito y de residencia. Leer más o discutir.
In Mexico, migration is the principal determinant of demographic growth: the diversification of economic activities has contributed to the rise of alternative poles of attraction that influence territorial mobility. Ever since the 1950s, Mexico City has been a destination for migratory waves from other states, as well as inter-municipal migration in the city’s Metropolitan Zone. Mexico City is now no longer the main destination pole in Mexico, although it does continue to receive temporary transitory and residential migrants. Read more or join the discussion.
Submitted by Maria Fernanda Carvallo — Mon, 04/22/2013 – 00:00
In Mexico, migration is the principal determinant of demographic growth: the diversification of economic activities has contributed to the rise of alternative poles of attraction that influence territorial mobility. Ever since the 1950s, Mexico City has been a destination for migratory waves from other states, as well as inter-municipal migration in the city’s Metropolitan Zone. Mexico City is now no longer the main destination pole in Mexico, although it does continue to receive temporary transitory and residential migrants. Read more or join the discussion.
Submitted by Maria Fernanda Carvallo — Mon, 04/22/2013 – 00:00
La pobreza en la ciudad de México, al igual que en otras metrópolis, tiene muchas caras. Citando a Caroline Moser, los pobres de las ciudades dependen de un ingreso que se vincula con la acumulación del resto de sus capitales. Una de las tantas caras de esta pobreza es el acceso a alimentos, pues bien la falta de ingresos limita una alimentación adecuada y necesaria para que el cuerpo humano sea productivo. Leer más o discutir.
The ubiquitous poverty in Mexico City, not unlike that of other major metropolitan areas, has many faces. According to Caroline Moser, impoverished inhabitants in the city rely on an income fund that is linked to the accumulation of the rest of their assets. One of the many sides of this poverty is access to basic sustenance, given that a scarcity of income curtails the adequate and essential nourishment required for a healthy and productive human body. Read more or discuss.
Submitted by Maria Fernanda Carvallo — Mon, 04/15/2013 – 00:00