Urban Development with Gentrification Traces and Its Effects on Drinking Water Consumption in San Luis Potosí City

In the last 50 years, the metropolitan area of the capital city of San Luis Potosí has experienced, like other cities in the world, a rapid growth in urban settlements due to various causes. In this context, vertical housing developments, both residential and for living purposes, have been emerging successively in different parts of the metropolis, while at the same time a water deficit is increasing, from which it becomes insufficient to meet the demands for the coming years. Using several case studies with such characteristics, as well as other aspects like gentrification traits, and through a comparative qualitative analysis that incorporates empirical socioeconomic observations, along with processes in geospatial analysis, this article investigates the impact these types of urban developments have on the distribution of drinking water among the different sectors served by the municipal water utility in order to gain a clear understanding of water volumes accessible to the population of San Luis Potosí City, considering the looming impact of increasing traces of the gentrification phenomenon.