Habitability, territory, and sustainability: Interdisciplinary studies on housing, environment, and society in northwestern Mexico

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Habitability emerges from the relationship between built environments, environmental conditions, social practices, and the meanings individuals attribute to the places they occupy. Understanding this relationship requires approaches that consider physical characteristics alongside perceptions of comfort, safety, identity, belonging, and well-being. Bringing together seventeen exploratory investigations conducted primarily in Sinaloa, Mexico, this volume examines multiple dimensions of residential, urban, educational, and productive environments. Its contributions address hygrothermal and acoustic comfort, urban heat, architectural heritage, collective memory, privacy, gendered experiences of housing, neighbourhood conditions, pedestrian stress, seismic preparedness, and the transformation of coastal communities through residential tourism. Particular attention is given to the preliminary development and assessment of measurement scales designed to capture subjective experiences of habitability. Through descriptive analysis, internal consistency estimates, and exploratory examinations of relationships between dimensions, the chapters identify promising conceptual approaches alongside methodological difficulties requiring further investigation. Small preliminary samples and limitations in measurement structure restrict the interpretation and generalisation of the findings, underscoring the need for continued instrument refinement and broader empirical assessment. Rather than presenting a unified or definitive model, the volume offers complementary perspectives on how people perceive, negotiate, and value their surroundings. Its regional focus reveals the connections between climatic adaptation, architectural practices, social relationships, and everyday experiences of space. The collection contributes to interdisciplinary conversations on architecture, environmental psychology, urban studies, and housing research, encouraging approaches to habitability that recognise both the material qualities of places and the experiences of those who inhabit them.

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Book title

Habitability, territory, and sustainability: Interdisciplinary studies on housing, environment, and society in northwestern Mexico

Authors

César Jafed Segura Díaz, Víctor Manuel Martínez García, Yennifer Díaz Romero, Yadira del Carmen Coronado Toto, José de Jesús Reyes Machain, Rogelio Estrada Lizárraga, Diego Misael Aguirre Enciso, Pedro Antonio Valdez Lizárraga, Jesús Alejandro Vázquez Meza, Héctor Aaron Arellano Cruz, Celso Fernando Benitez de La Herrán, Rosa Edilma Garzón González, Alma delia Figueroa Suarez, María Angélica Suárez Manjarrez, Perla Jacqueline Wlin Rodríguez, Gloria Patricia García López, Jesús Armando Cueva Roldan, Sergio Armando Morán Sánchez, Karla Michell Arreola Rodríguez, Manuel Iván Tostado Ramírez, Adriana Chávez Hernández, Alexis Montiel Valenzuela, Osuna Ledón Melany, Jesús Manuel Bernal Camacho, Tammy Natalia Arellano Morales, Luis Alfonso Colado Velázquez, Brenda Castellon Herrera, Gloria Asucena Labrador González, Gabino Ochoa Lozano, César Raúl López Quiroz, Gael García Sauceda, Víctor Manuel De La Cruz Méndez, Juan Carlos Pasos Hernández

DOI

https://doi.org/10.62486/978-9915-9966-6-0

Publisher

South American Publishing

Imprint

South American Publishing

ISBN

978-9915-9966-6-0 (eBook, English)
978-9915-9966-7-7 (Softcover, English)

Published

2026-11-10

Language

English

Edition number

1

Publication type

monograph

Subject area

Social Sciences & Humanities

BISAC

ARC010000 (Primary)
ARC003000
ARC018000
PSY060000

THEMA

RPC

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