Abstract

HERNANDEZ LOPEZ, Perla Ileana  and  MONTALVO VARGAS, Ramos. Vacant Intraurban Land for Housing in the City of Tlaxcala, Mexico. A Spacial Approach. Región y sociedad [online]. 2020, vol.32, e1279.  Epub Mar 10, 2021. ISSN 2448-4849.  https://doi.org/10.22198/rys2020/32/1279.

The objective of the study is to identify the vacant intra-urban land (VIUL) in the city of Tlaxcala. The methodology was based on spatial analysis techniques and on the use of satellite images and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). In the built region it was found that most of the urban voids (63%) are abandoned. The greater number of them are found in the center of the capital city: 97 of 213 were identified, which represent 45.54%; however, the center of the capital city is only 10% of the total city area. On the other hand, the Tepehitec neighborhood, located on the periphery, has 12 voids and concentrates 40% of that neighborhood area. It is concluded that the quantity-surface relationship is inverse in the center inasmuch as distances increase from the center of the city to the periphery: while the center gains in quantity, the periphery does it in available surface. It remains the task to analyze the suitability of promoting housing densification in these spaces to lay the foundations for a compact city model.

Keywords : vacant intra-urban land; housing; living space; Tlaxcala.