Population Ageing and its Effects on the Urban Equipment Requirements for Basic Education in Aguascalientes, Mexico

This article describes trends in the effects of demographic ageing on urban equipment requirements in the specific context of the city of Aguascalientes, Mexico, in 2030. In particular, it deals with the urban equipment of basic education: kindergartens, elementary and junior high schools. As for th...

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Autor: Narváez Montoya, Óscar Luis
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:México
Recursos:EL COLEGIO DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Estudios Demográficos y Urbanos
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:oai.estudiosdemograficosyurbanos.colmex.mx:article/1407
Acesso em linha:https://estudiosdemograficosyurbanos.colmex.mx/index.php/edu/article/view/1407
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:demographic ageing
urban equipment
town planning
gerontological studies
city of Aguascalientes
envejecimiento demográfico
equipamiento urbano
urbanismo
estudios gerontológicos
ciudad de Aguascalientes
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Resumo:This article describes trends in the effects of demographic ageing on urban equipment requirements in the specific context of the city of Aguascalientes, Mexico, in 2030. In particular, it deals with the urban equipment of basic education: kindergartens, elementary and junior high schools. As for the scope and limitations of the study, the former concerns the demonstration of the effects of demographic ageing on future needs for material support in the basic education sub-system, while the latter, which the paper does not examine, concern the useful effect of this material support in regard to basic education. The methodology is based on the creation of a system of geographic information and the analysis of statistical data from official sources. The scope and current capacity of urban equipment features were determined on the basis of reports from the Urban Equipment System of Guidelines, while future requirements were calculated using demographic forecasts from the National Population Council. The results show the modifications of the needs for these aspects of urban equipment derived from demographic trends and lead to the proposal of recommendations for measures to cope with this new challenge in the country’s cities.