Urbanism, regional planning and environmental studies.
The work of this laboratory at the Urbanisation Culture Société Research Centre is part of a research trend in environmental justice that focuses on situations of overexposure to pollution (air and noise) or reduced accessibility to positive elements of the urban environment (vegetation, parks and urban resources) by specific groups of the population (defined, for example, by income, age or ethnicity). More generally, the laboratory research program contributes to broader debates about socio-spatial justice in geography and urban studies. It aims to enrich discussions on the definition of the equitable city across the notions of distributional justice, recognitional justice and procedural justice.
- Multidimensional diagnosis for air pollution, noise, distribution of community facilities, etc.
- Urban noise modelling
- Analysis of exposure to air and noise pollution
- Development and building of urban indicators
- Analysis of the distribution of urban vegetation
- Analysis and socioeconomic portrait
- Design and development of web atlas
- Policy and governance
- Transportation
Specialized labs and equipment
Equipment | Function |
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Aeroqual (Series 500) personal portable air quality devices with an NO2 sensor and a temperature and humidity sensor (10) | Portable device used to measure NO2, an air pollutant, every minute |
Brüel & Kjær (type 448) personal noise dose meters (10) | Portable device used to measure noise in decibels every minute |
GPS Garmin Forerunner 920 XT multisport watches (10) | Captures path travelled using GPS with different settings such as heart rate. Watch designed for cycling |
Garmin VIRB XE action cameras (3) | Takes video of path travelled with GPS tracking |
Server and 16 work stations | The laboratory has a computer server, spatial data and 16 high-performance computers equipped with the necessary software for data analysis |
ESRI ArcGIS and its extensions | GIS software |
ENVI + IDL, ENVI Feature Extraction, ENVI LiDAR | Specialized software for processing satellite images |
Trimble eCognition Developer | Specialized software for processing object-based images |
Brüel & Kjær LIMA Predictor | Specialized software for modelling noise |