Spatial distribution of vegetation in Montreal: An uneven distribution or environmental inequity?

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 214-224

  Pham, Thi Thanh Hien ^a   Apparicio, Philippe ^b   Séguin, Anne Marie ^b   Landry, Shawn ^c   Gagnon, Martin ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE URBANISATION CULTURE SOCIÉTÉ   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environmental equity; Montreal; Remote sensing; Spatial analysis; Urban vegetation

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; REMOTE SENSING;

BUDGETARY ALLOCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EQUITY; MONTREAL; SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN VEGETATION; VERY HIGH RESOLUTION SATELLITE IMAGES; VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES;

VEGETATION;

LAND TYPE; LOW INCOME HOUSING; REMOTE SENSING; RESOLUTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

CANADA; MONTREAL; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 84864505428     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2012.06.002     Document Type: Article

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