Rethinking in a holistic way the risk to health caused by precarious urban dwellings: an analysis from sociodemographic vulnerability approach

https://doi.org/10.18294/sc.2008.341

Published 1 August 2008 Open Access


María del Carmen Rojas Arquitecta, Universidad Católica de Córdoba. Doctora en Demografía, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (UNC). Investigadora Adjunta, Instituto de Investigaciones Geohistóricas del Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (IIGHI-CONICET), Argentina. , Norma Cristina Meichtry Profesora en Geografía, Universidad Nacional del Nordeste. Doctora en Sociología, Demografía, Universidad de Texas-Austin, EE.UU. Investigadora Independiente, IIGHI-CONICET, Argentina. , María Beatriz Ciuffolini Médica Cirujana, UNC. Magíster en Administración Pública, UNC. Profesora Adjunta del Departamento de Medicina Familiar, UNC, Argentina , Juan Carlos Vázquez Ingeniero en Sistemas de Información, Facultad Regional Córdoba, Universidad Tecnológica Nacional (FRC-UTN). Secretario de Promoción de Investigaciones y Desarrollos en Ciencia y Técnica Dpto. Ingeniería en Sistemas de Información, FRC-UTN, Argentina. , Julio Castillo Licenciado en Ciencias de la Computación, Facultad de Matemática, Astronomía y Física UNC. Profesor Ayudante de Primera, FRC-UTN, Argentina



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Keywords:

Housing, Poverty Areas, Nonlinear Dynamics, Vulnerability, Risk

Abstract


In order to determine the risk to health caused by precarious urban dwellings, this paper presents an approach based on complex thought, collective health, and global vulnerability from a holistic conception. The analysis focuses on sociodemographic vulnerability from a perspective that integrates the concepts of both, human and physical social capital, taking into account capital assets and structure of opportunities that a home possesses. A conceptual model is proposed which requires the application of a complex, non-linear logics of analysis for the determination of the risk rate to health caused by dwellings. This model uses the information yielded by population census to carry out the sociodemographic evaluation, as well as forms containing data gathered by local governments to assess the structure of opportunities.