Initial Settlement and Intracity Movement of Migrants in Monterrey, Mexico

Abstract

Abstract This article presents the results of a study of migrant settlement patterns in Monterrey, Mexico. Two components of the settlement are investigated; (1) points of entry and (2) intra-city mobility. Current notions about migrant settlement patterns in Latin American cities are then examined in the light of these findings. It was found that migrants arriving in Monterrey from rural and small-town backgrounds have tended to concentrate outside the center-most parts of the city on arrival. Generally migrants who changed neighborhoods after arrival tended to direct their moves outward from the site of their initial location. However, even in the case of migrants who settled in the central parts of the city and then moved outward, only a fifth relocated at the extreme periphery. Substantial numbers moved only short distances or moved toward the center of the city. While in recent years migrants involved in peripherally directed moves tended to experience more occupational mobility than other migrants, ...