People

LAEQ is staffed with three professors and supervises some fifteen students and research trainees.

Members

Research

LAEQ is currently supported by three research grants.

Research projects

Laboratory

LAEQ offers state-of-the-art instruments and a data analysis laboratory on the urban environment.

LAEQ Infrastructure

News

Recent publications

  • Article

    A ride for whom: Has cycling network expansion reduced inequities in accessibility in Montreal, Canada?

    Houde M., P. Apparicio P., & A.-M. Séguin. 2018. Journal of Transport Geography, 68:9-21.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2018.02.005
  • Article

    Growing on the street: Multilevel correlates of street tree growth in Montreal

    Limoges S., Pham T.-T.-H. & P. Apparicio. 2018. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 31: 15-25.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2018.01.019
  • Article

    School locations and road transportation nuisances in Montreal: an environmental equity diagnosis

    Carrier M., P. Apparicio, A.-M. Séguin & Dan Crouse. 2017. Transport Policy, 1-9.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2017.09.010
  • Article

    The approaches to measuring the potential spatial access to urban health services revisited: Distance types and aggregation-error issues

    Apparicio P., J. Gelb, A.-S. Dubé, S. Kingham, L. Gauvin & E. Robitaille. 2017. International Journal of Health Geographics, 16(32): 1-24.
    https://doi.org/10.1186/s12942-017-0105-9
  • Article

    Anticipation and post-construction impact of a metro extension on residential values: The case of Laval (Canada), 1995–2013

    Devaux, N., J. Dubé & P. Apparicio. 2017. Journal of transport geography, 62: 8-19.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2017.05.002
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Management team

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Philippe Apparicio

Full Professor
Canada Research Chair in Environmental Equity and the City
INRS Urbanisation Culture Société

Research areas:

  • Environmental justice, air pollution, road traffic noise, urban quality of life, poverty, residential segregation
  • Spatial analysis, geographical information systems, remote sensing, spatial data fusion, web cartography

Seminars

  • 6 April 2018

    This session is organized by the The Environmental Equity Laboratory (LAEQ) at the annual meeting of American Association of Geographers.

    Air Pollution and noise: an environmental equity perspective, New Orleans, 10 april, Galerie 3, Marriott, 2nd Floor

    • Thomas Audrin, Philippe Apparicio, Anne-Marie Séguin
      Aircraft noise in major Canadian cities: A diagnosis of environmental equity
    • Delaunay Déborah, Philippe Apparicio, Anne-Marie Séguin
      Characterization of Quiet Urban Areas in Montreal
    • Gelb Jérémy, Philippe Apparicio, Mathieu Carrier, Marie-Ève Mathieu
      Cyclists’ exposure to air and noise pollution: A comparison of four cities
    • Lesage-Mann Élaine, Philippe Apparicio, Stéphanie Potvin, Paula Negron, Jérémy Gelb, Mathieu Carrier, Marie-Ève Mathieu
      Cyclist exposure to air and noise pollution in Mexico City
    • Apparicio Philippe, Jérémy Gelb, Fabrice Dumont
      Video Features Counter: A new application for integrating real-time traffic data into models of exposure to air pollution and noise during cyclists’ trips
  • 8 January 2018

    INRS Urbanisation Culture Société, 385 rue Sherbrooke E., Montréal

    LAEQ’s seminar, Monday, January 29, 2018, 12:30, room 1106

    • Hien Pham
      Park usage amongst youth in Hanoi: the role of gender, travel modes and obstacles
    • Rachel Pilon
      Measuring and mapping the ecological services of street trees in Montreal : preminilary results
    • Simon Charron
      The social representations of Montréal’s green spaces since 1953
  • 27 November 2017

    INRS Urbanisation Culture Société, 385 rue Sherbrooke E., Montréal

    LAEQ’s seminar, Monday, November 27, 2017, 12:30, room 1106

    • Philippe Apparicio, Jérémy Gelb et Mathieu Carrier
      Comparing and mapping individual exposure to air and noise pollution in Montreal: an application of linear mixed-effects models
    • Jérémy Gelb, Déborah Delaunay et Philippe Apparicio
      Cyclist’s exposure  to air and noise pollution in Paris
    • Déborah Delaunay
      Typology of quiet urban areas in Montréal
  • 11 May 2017

    85th Annual ACFAS Congress, McGill University (May 11th and 12th)

    Colloquium l’Équité environnementale et la Ville

    LAEQ’s team will hold a colloquium on May 11th and 12th at McGill University during the 85th Annual ACFAS Congress. Philippe Apparicio, Anne-Marie Séguin and Thi Than Hien Pham will organize the presentations. The two days will be divided into seven thematic sessions:

    1. Environmental Equity and Parks
    2. Environmental Equity and Vegetation
    3. Environmental Equity and Cycling
    4. Environmental Equity and Health
    5. Environmental Equity, Urban Noise and Air Pollution
    6. Equity and Seniors Mobility
    7. Environmental Equity, Mobility and Methodological Issues

    Take a look at our program and looking forward to seeing you all!

  • 10 February 2017

    INRS Urbanisation Culture Société, 385 Sherbrooke E., Montréal

    LAEQ’s seminar, Wednesday, February 10, 2017, 12:30, room 2107

    • Dominique Mathon
      Using 2SFCA for assessing cross-border healthcare spatial accessibility: Preliminary results
    • Simon Charron
      Montreal’s urban green spaces then and now: Institutional representations and environmental equity
    • Jérémy Gelb, Philippe Apparicio et Anne-Sophie Dubé
      The approaches to measuring the potential spatial access to urban health services revisited: Distance types and aggregation-error issues
    • Déborah Delaunay
      Quiet area distribution in Montreal Island, equity or inequity?
  • 30 November 2016

    INRS Urbanisation Culture Société, 385 Sherbrooke E., Montréal

    LAEQ’s seminar, Wednesday, November 30, 2016, 12:30, room 2109

    • Thomas Audrin
      Aircraft noise in an urban environment: an approach from the perspective of environmental equity
    • Maxime Houde
      Mediatic snowstorm. Winter cycling representation in daily newspaper LaPresse
    • Élaine Lesage-Mann
      Gentrification and revitalization of public spaces: the consequences of drug addicts scattering
All seminars
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Alors que le réseau cyclable des agglomérations de Montréal, de Longueuil et de la ville de Laval a plus que doublé entre 1991 et 2016, son accessibilité ne s’est guère améliorée pour les enfants selon une étude parue dans le Journal of Transport Geography.

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Cette semaine, quatre étudiants du LAEQ ont pu présenter leurs travaux de maîtrise et de doctorat dans le cadre de l’AAG (American Association of Geographers) à la Nouvelle-Orléans. Merci à notre directeur Philippe et au LAEQ pour cette belle opportunité. On a assuré ! Job done 🚲 🤗 🎺 ... See MoreSee Less

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Université INRS

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L'article de Maxime Houde intitulé "A ride for whom: Has cycling network expansion reduced inequities in accessibility in Montreal, Canada?" est en accès libre!

Maxime analyse l'accessibilité au réseau cyclable sur une période de 25 ans.

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