La répartition de la population âgée dans huit métropoles canadiennes de 1981 à 2006 : un groupe de moins en moins ségrégué

Séguin, Anne‐Marie; Apparicio, Philippe; Negron, Paula

doi:10.4000/cybergeo.25860

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“…Another finding was that people 65 years old and over are not affected by any environmental inequity. This is not surprising, as a recent study on the changing spatial distribution of the elderly in Montreal from 1981 to 2006 pointed to a decentralization of this age group(Séguin et al, 2013). Finally, individuals under 15 years old live in urban environments where there are more local streets and fewer major traffic arteries.…”

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Road traffic noise in Montreal and environmental equity: What is the situation for the most vulnerable population groups?

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Apparicio²,

Séguin³

2016

Journal of Transport Geography

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Road traffic noise is one of the most detrimental environmental nuisances for the population. Prolonged exposure to high road noise levels can lead to various problems in people's health and well-being. The objective of this article is to determine whether the groups most vulnerable to road noise, that is, children under 15 years old, people 65 years old and over, and the groups most likely to experience high nuisance levels, visible minorities and low-income individuals, are affected by an environmental inequity related to this nuisance. The method of estimating this nuisance employed in the study is based on a combination of several elements: that is, average traffic flows, road geometries, normal atmospheric conditions, and the characteristics of the urban environment. All of these parameters were considered for the 14 boroughs that make up the central portion of the Island of Montreal. Modelling was used to calculate the maximum daily road noise, based in part on the LimA software predictive model and according to the XPS 31-133 computation method. The results obtained from three different statistical tests and spatial regression analyses show that, on the one hand, the groups chosen on the basis of age are not affected by any environmental inequity. On the other hand, low-income individuals and visible minorities live in city blocks marked by road traffic noise levels that are slightly higher than those experienced by the rest of the population.

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Road traffic noise in Montreal and environmental equity: What is the situation for the most vulnerable population groups?

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Séguin³

2016

Journal of Transport Geography

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“…Finally, people aged 65 and over living on the Island of Montreal are not overrepresented in disadvantaged areas. This can be explained by the fact that the distribution of individuals over age 65 in Montreal from 1981 to 2006 was marked by a process of decentralization (Séguin et al, 2013). In other words, older people are becoming more and more dispersed over the territory of the island and, especially, are increasingly present in the first-ring suburbs, where there are very few disadvantaged areas.…”

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The cumulative effect of nuisances from road transportation in residential sectors on the Island of Montreal – Identification of the most exposed groups and areas

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Apparicio

Séguin

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Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

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“…Overall, individuals aged 65 and over are not affected by any environmental inequities. On the one hand, this is not surprising, as a study on the changing spatial distribution of the elderly in Montreal from 1981 to 2006 reported a decentralization of this age group over the territory (Séguin et al ). This group, therefore, is less often found along the main traffic arteries in the central boroughs.…”

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Road traffic noise geography during the night in Montreal: An environmental equity assessment

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Apparicio

Séguin

2016

Canadian Geographies / Géographies canadiennes

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Key Messages Areas with more low‐income individuals and visible minorities are more likely to be characterized by higher levels of road traffic noise during the night. 5% of the population of the study area live in a city block characterized by a mean value of road traffic noise that exceeds 55 dB(A). Areas with the highest road traffic noise values are located along the major highways of the study area.

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La répartition de la population âgée dans huit métropoles canadiennes de 1981 à 2006 : un groupe de moins en moins ségrégué

Cited by 10 publications

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Road traffic noise in Montreal and environmental equity: What is the situation for the most vulnerable population groups?

Road traffic noise in Montreal and environmental equity: What is the situation for the most vulnerable population groups?

The cumulative effect of nuisances from road transportation in residential sectors on the Island of Montreal – Identification of the most exposed groups and areas

Road traffic noise geography during the night in Montreal: An environmental equity assessment

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