The socioresidential dynamic of a latin american city: Puebla, Mexico
This paper presents an analysis of the changing socioresidential distribution of households following an important revitalization project carried out by the state government in the city of Puebla, Mexico. The limited availability of discriminating variables in the Mexican census was overcome by the use of characteristics indirectly indicating the status of households. The introduction of these variables in a hierarchical cluster analysis brought out a socioprofessional continuum that was then mapped. The results for 1990 reinforce the findings of various prior analyses by presenting two axes of higher status concentration. The hypothesis of a continuous expansion of these axes is not confirmed by the results for 2000, nor was a change in the socioresidential profile in the historic centre perceptible following the revitalization project.