Montreal's environmental justice problem with respect to the urban heat island phenomenon

Due to climate change, heat events in Canada have become more extreme in intensity and frequency and will continue to do so according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's global predictions. Environmental justice research has indicated that extreme heat exposure disproportionally...

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Published in:	The Canadian geographer Vol. 66; no. 2; pp. 307 - 321
Main Authors:	Fan, Jia Yi, Sengupta, Raja
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Toronto Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.06.2022
Subjects:	capteur in situ Census Censuses Climate change climate justice Climate prediction Demographic variables Demographics Demography Disadvantaged Economics Environmental justice Environmental monitoring Environmental research Extreme heat Heat Heterogeneity Indigenous peoples iniquité thermique Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in‐situ sensor justice climatique justice environnementale Low income groups Populations Regression analysis Secondary schools Sensors Spatial heterogeneity Statistics Temperature sensors thermal inequity urban heat island Urban heat islands Variables Weather Weather stations îlots de chaleur urbains Canada Montreal Quebec Canada
ISSN:	0008-3658, 1541-0064
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