The Quality of the Urban Environment Around Public Housing Buildings in Montréal: An Objective Approach Based on GIS and Multivariate Statistical Analysis

Abstract

Urban quality of life, Geographical information systems, Spatial analysis, Public housing, Montréal, Built environment,

The application of three methods to measure the statistical association between different social groups and the concentration of air pollutants in Montreal: A case of environmental equity

“…To solve this problem, some authors (Apparicio et al, 2008;Gunier et al, 2003;Houston et al, 2004;Rioux et al, 2010) recommend creating density indices, based on either traffic volume or roadway hierarchy.…”

Urban Displacement and Low-Income Communities: The Case of the American City From the Late Twentieth Century

“…There, housing is required by law to be distributed equally in every district of the city in an effort to avoid everincreasing concentration of poverty. The researchers identified three criteria for successful public housing: "the social environment, the physical environment, and the accessibility of services and facilities" (Apparicio, Séguin, and Naud, 2008). While efforts to distribute housing evenly throughout the city were somewhat successful and produced a variety of positive outcomes, there was still latent discrimination in the policy as the affordable housing was consistently located in each district's least desirable areas, near railways, highways, and assortments of existing blight, as well as distant from city services.…”

“…While efforts to distribute housing evenly throughout the city were somewhat successful and produced a variety of positive outcomes, there was still latent discrimination in the policy as the affordable housing was consistently located in each district's least desirable areas, near railways, highways, and assortments of existing blight, as well as distant from city services. Even in cases where public housing was located in what the researchers term "less socially deprived" areas in the periphery of the city, rewarding residents with high qualities of social and physical environment, they were often disconnected from services and facilities that may be considered critical for those living on limited income (Apparicio et al, 2008). In this way, residents in affordable housing still often found themselves in unfortunate conditions, even though some important benefits were realized.…”

A GIS-based method for the selection of the location of residence

“…proximity to landfill, cost, hazardous waste facility, rail station, and airport). Additionally, in some studies, local opinion concerning specific urban aspects, such as air quality and the amount of green space, has been considered when proposing development and policies (4)(5)(6)(7). Nevertheless, none of the studies examined the relation between the location of residence and the perceptions of the living environment.…”

“…Geographical information systems (GIS) has been widely applied in studies on urban environment and spatial decision analysis (2,(7)(8)(9)(10)(11). The main focus in the scientific discussion has been on the methodology used to quantify and integrate the variables involved in the urban spatial analyses (5,(12)(13)(14).…”