Spatial segregation, neighborhood satisfaction, and environmentally responsible behavior in a Latin American city

Abstract Latin American cities are segregated in space in ways that high-income citizens tend to live in safer, better-urbanized neighborhoods, with better access to services. Also, they face environmental problems that are typical of large cities, such as imbalances in the availability and demand of drinking water, over-generation of solid waste, and deficiencies in their treatment. In this article we ask about the relationship between spatial segregation, satisfaction with the neighborhood and responsible behavior with the environment, based on a multivariate analysis of the data of the Survey of Citizen Perception 2017, for Barranquilla city in Colombia. The results support the existence of a relationship between segregation, satisfaction and behaviors and suggest two important nuances related to the behaviors that occur in private or public spaces, on the one hand, and with the relationship of ownership or rental of homes, on the other.