Geografía del acceso desigual a los servicios de energía en los hogares de México

Ochoa, Rigoberto García; Avila-Ortega, Daniel Itzamná; Cravioto, Jordi

doi:10.22201/igg.25940694e.2021.1.86

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“…Furthermore, the use of inadequate materials can intersect with other vulnerable conditions, such as deficiencies in water supply or sewage, unstable sources of income, and poverty, exacerbating the vulnerability. This fact has been demonstrated in recent studies on energy poverty (Ochoa and Graizbord Ed, 2016;Ochoa et al, 2020) and limited access to energy services (Cravioto et al, 2014;Ochoa et al, 2021). Thus, the desire for less environmentally or culturally compatible materials strongly connected with deprivation is one of the most crucial aspects of retrofitting policy.…”

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Local Culture and Urban Retrofit: Reflections on Policy and Preferences for Wall and Roof Materials

Cravioto

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2021

Front. Sustain. Cities

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Retrofitting strategies aim to reduce environmental footprints promoting the development or upgrade of existing infrastructure. One crucial aspect of successful retrofitting strategies is local culture, which can harmonise or come into conflict with retrofitting initiatives. However, investigations on the influence of local practises, particularly in the global south, are limited and such influence deserves more attention. This article explores the connexion between local culture and retrofitting strategies, focusing on wall and roof material selection in the Metropolitan Valley of Oaxaca in Mexico (ZMVO). We begin with a brief review of the retrofitting initiatives at related governmental levels. Then, through a survey, we analyse the choices and reasons for selecting specific materials for walls and roofs in the ZMVO. We discuss to what extent cultural practises and preferences have been considered or left behind in the strategies and ensuing challenges. The findings confirm important premises. First, tradition and community support were not relevant factors in wall or roof material selection. Material reuse, energy efficiency, and sustainability-related reasons were also not essential to the preferences. Instead, protection (against rain, earthquakes, theft and accidents), hygiene, and aesthetics had a consistently higher priority. We also found that poverty or lack of other options intersects with the use of precarious materials, creating constrained choices. However, the most crucial finding was that choosing less environmentally or culturally compatible materials was strongly connected with deprivation, having important implications in the selection of materials and retrofitting strategies. The current retrofitting initiatives call for sustainability and efficiency, but the local practises render these efforts insufficient and incoherent. Poverty and informal housing are the main emphases of the local policy. However, the policy focuses on new infrastructure and much less on the existing housing, causing less efficient retrofits. Guidelines for more sustainable material selection have advanced, but regulation and enforcement remain weak. We conclude by discussing all these challenges and providing a set of recommended actions in new initiatives.

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Section: Local Culture and Implications On Retrofitting Strategiesmentioning

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Local Culture and Urban Retrofit: Reflections on Policy and Preferences for Wall and Roof Materials

Cravioto

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2021

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Unfolding the Relationship Between Poverty and Energy Consumption in Brazil: A First Step Toward the Energy Poverty Debate

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Lazaro

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Geografía del acceso desigual a los servicios de energía en los hogares de México

Cited by 2 publications

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Local Culture and Urban Retrofit: Reflections on Policy and Preferences for Wall and Roof Materials

Local Culture and Urban Retrofit: Reflections on Policy and Preferences for Wall and Roof Materials

Unfolding the Relationship Between Poverty and Energy Consumption in Brazil: A First Step Toward the Energy Poverty Debate

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