Abstract

JURADO MONTELONGO, Mario Alberto; CONTRERAS DELGADO, Camilo; SANCHEZ RODRIGUEZ, Isabel C.  and  VAZQUEZ MARTINEZ, Gustavo Adolfo. Neighborhood Cohesion in Monterrey. Socio-territorial Interactions in Sarabia, Treviño, Terminal and Obrerista Neighborhoods. Región y sociedad [online]. 2022, vol.34, e1509.  Epub June 01, 2023. ISSN 2448-4849.  https://doi.org/10.22198/rys2022/34/1509.

Objective: to analyze from the neighborhood concept, the habitant’s cohesive dynamics in four neighborhoods in Monterrey, taking into account their bonds, practices, values, space, and sense of belonging to a territory. Methodology: it is qualitative and includes interviews and participatory maps through which the object of study’s narrative was built. These neighborhoods’ habitants were the central axis. Results: a) the social cohesion that lasts the most is the one which has strong social and territorial bases; b) this type of neighborhood cohesion is maintained and updated trough collective innovations and actions. Limitations: due to the nature of its objectives, the study did not take into account youth groups’ current actions nor their actual influences. Value: this is one of the few academic studies about the first Monterrey’s working-class neighborhoods that highlights neighborhood cohesion from a mixed geographic and social perspective. Conclusions: it is demonstrated that the social cohesion that lasts the longest is the one that is firmly based on socio-territorial bases, and that neighborhood cohesion rests on social innovations and collective actions.

Keywords : social cohesion; neighborhood cohesion; working-class neighborhoods; socioterritorial interactions; participatory mapping; Monterrey.