Preferencias residenciales en dos grupos sociales diferentes, habitantes de San Cristóbal, estado Táchira (Venezuela)
Resumen
Investigación que se ubica en el campo de la Psicología Ambiental, más específicamente en el área de la valoración ambiental
(environmental appraisal). Se plantea como objetivo general describir, a través de un análisis comparativo, las preferencias
residenciales de un grupo de universitarios y de trabajadores,
habitantes durante más de cinco años de la ciudad de
San Cristóbal. Los principales hallazgos se pueden resumir
en: elecciones residenciales influenciadas por el estilo de
vida y los valores del grupo; la “imagen ideal” de zona
residencial en ambos grupos se corresponde con un imagen
suburbana; los desarrollos habitacionales producidos
por el sector público fueron los grandes ignorados; existe
un fuerte arraigo con la ciudad y una alta calidad
ambiental percibida.
Descriptores
Preferencias residenciales, Valoración ambiental,
Atributos ambientales.
Abstract
This descriptiveexploratory research, of evaluative character, is located in the field of Environmental Psychology, more specifically
in the area of environmental appraisal. It means that the
environment constitute the attention center, taking also
into account the psychological processes that take part in the
subjective valuation that is made regarding the surroundings,
dealing as well with the dimensions and properties about
the settlements. It begins with the unit conduct-environment
and looks for the establishment of links-relations (Pol, 1981).
The general objective was to describe, through comparative
analysis, the residential preferences of a group of college students and workers, inhabitants of San Cristóbal. A semi-structured interview was applied to an intentional sample of residents with more than five years living in the city of San Cristóbal. The main
findings can be summarized as: residential elections are
affected by life style and group values, the “ideal image” of a
residential zone is a suburban image. Public housing is
strongly ignored, there is a strong place attachment and
a high city’s environmental quality is perceived.
Key words:
residential preferences,environmental appraisal,
environmental affordances
