Situational analysis of the habitability conditions of the AAHH in Metropolitan Lima 2020. Case study: San Juan de Lurigancho District.

Researchers in charge:

Diana Torres. Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, Lima, Perú
Daniela Perleche. Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, Lima, Perú
Adrián Aiquipa. Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú

Attendees:

Candid Sanchez. Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, Lima, Perú
María Tuanama. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Perú

Summary:

The pandemic generated by the spread of COVID-19 has revealed long-standing inequalities in Peru, especially in Metropolitan Lima. The neighborhoods most affected by the pandemic have been the self-produced neighborhoods. In this context, we analyzed the impacts of the pandemic in the neighborhoods of the district of San Juan de Lurigancho (district which is not only the most populated in the country, but also has a large number of self-produced neighborhoods and is the district with the most confirmed cases of infection by COVID-19 in Metropolitan Lima) through an online survey of neighbors regarding the physical and socio-economic conditions of the district's neighborhoods and 30 interviews with the leaders of the neighborhoods of Comuna 6 and Comuna 17. It was concluded that the living conditions of the neighborhoods sampled are quite precarious, from the physical conditions of housing to the quality of public spaces and health facilities. The problems that follow this physical precariousness, such as citizen insecurity, food and lack of social security are faced by the neighbors with their own resources in the absence of state support, i.e., through self-management.