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Evironmental perceptions, social class and demographic change in Mexico City: a comparative approach

El Colegio Mexiquense Apartado Postal 48-D, Toluca, Mexico, C.P. 50110; fax: (72) 180358; hizazola{at}lead.colmex.mx

Carolina Martínez

Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco, Calz. del Hueso 1100, Col. Villa Quietud, México, D.F.; carolina{at}servidor.unam.mx

Catherine Marquette

Christian Michelson Institute, Fantoftvegen 38, N-5036 Fantoft, Bergen Norway; catherine{at}amadeus.cmi.no

This paper describes the interrelationships between migration, environmental degradation and perceptions of the environment, by comparing the responses of middle-income and low-income, both native and in-migrant, households to the worsening environmental conditions in Mexico City. Migration to secondary centres by middle-class households is explained as a response to both increasing economic opportunities in intermediate towns and to negative perceptions of the capital city's environment. By contrast, low-income in-migrant households' concerns with land and home ownership eclipse any other environmental perceptions, while long-term resident low-income respondents tend to perceive migrants as the cause of negative environmental change.

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