Methodological Strategies for the Reconstruction and Sustainable Improvement of the Habitat of Localities in the State of Chiapas, Mexico
The dispersal of the population of the state of Chiapas with about 20 thousand small towns with less than 2,500 inhabitants and the orography of the territory, characterized by mountains, highlands, depressions, plains and coasts, are factors that limit the access of these localities to the basic services of water and sanitation, health, education, culture, recreation, communication, etc. Families living in small communities are essentially peasants and indigenous people with low economic incomes and, for this reason, have precarious, unsafe and unhealthy housing, without basic water and drainage services, among others. In the search for solutions to address this problem, the work team of the Academic Body Urban Development of the Autonomous University of Chiapas, has carried out research oriented towards the reconstruction and improvement of housing and its environment (habitat), in Nuevo San Juan Chamula, Zinacantán, Ocuilapa de Juárez, Chiapa de Corzo, El Encanto, among other communities, through the application of a methodological process that has allowed the analysis of problems and the elaboration of proposals safe, affordable, healthy and sustainable housing, considering the typology, culture of peoples and environmental conditions, based on the use of ecotechnologies and materials of the place, with low environmental impact.
