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Mapping Environmental Issues in the City

Arts and Cartography Cross Perspectives

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  • © 2011

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Editors:
  1. Sébastien Caquard

    1. Concordia University, Montreal, Canada

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  2. Laurene Vaughan

    1. , School of Media and Communication, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

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  3. William Cartwright

    1. , School of Mathematical, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

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  • Complements the growing body of literature exploring the relationships between arts and cartography
  • Focuses on multiple ways of representing a database
  • The content of the database - environmental issues in the city - gives a strong social and political texture to the project
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography (LNGC)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Mapping from Above/Mapping from the Ground: Mapping Environmental Issues in the City

    • Sébastien Caquard, Laurene Vaughan, William Cartwright
    Pages 1-8

  3. Mapping From Above: The Cartographic Perspective

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. Compiling a Geographic Database to Study Environmental Injustice in Montréal: Process, Results, and Lessons

      • Undiné Thompson, Sébastien Caquard
      Pages 10-29

    3. Mapping the Greenscape and Environmental Equity in Montreal: An Application of Remote Sensing and GIS

      • Thi-Thanh-Hiên Pham, Philippe Apparicio, Anne-Marie Séguin, Martin Gagnon
      Pages 30-48

    4. Geodemographics and Environmental Justice in Montreal: Exploring Socioeconomic Position Through Geodemographic Segmentation

      • Tom Weatherburn, Daniel Naud
      Pages 49-68

    5. Thinking Towards a Tangible and Engaging Health Data Representation

      • Sven Fuhrmann
      Pages 69-73

    6. Interactive Audiovisual Mapping: BTEX Emissions from NPRI Reporting Facilities in Montreal

      • Glenn Brauen
      Pages 74-108

    7. The City as MetroMap: Envisioning Montreal

      • William Cartwright
      Pages 109-144

  4. Mapping From the Ground: The Artistic/Humanist Perspective

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 145-145
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    2. Roaming Montréal: Seeking the Representation of the ‘Geographic Self’

      • Laurene Vaughan, Laurene Vaughan
      Pages 146-159

    3. A Post-Naturalist Field Kit: Tools For The Embodied Exploration Of Social Ecologies

      • Sarah Kanouse
      Pages 160-177

    4. Finding Place: Mapping as Process …

      • Annalise Rees
      Pages 178-196

    5. Place as Assemblage: Montreal Garden Mapping

      • Kathy Waghorn
      Pages 197-208

    6. Experiments in Correlative Ontography: The Visualization of Environmental and Ontological Injustice

      • John Calvelli
      Pages 209-225

    7. Did you Hear the Trains Singing?

      • Maryclare Foá
      Pages 226-245

    8. Sound Cartography Approaches to Urban Soundcape Research : CitySounds and Sites-of-Respite in the CBD of Melbourne.

      • Jordan Lacey, Lawrence Harvey
      Pages 246-265

    9. Multi-Modal Mapping Methods And Methodologies

      • Laurene Vaughan, William Cartwright, Sébastien Caquard
      Pages 266-273
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About this book

This book complements the growing body of literature exploring the relationships between arts and cartography . It is distinct from the previous ones by its main focus: The multiple ways of representing a database. In the context of the exponential increase of the volume of geospatial data available, addressing this issue becomes critical and has not yet received much attention. Furthermore, the content of the database – environmental issues in the city – gives a strong social and political texture to the project. The expected audience for this book are academic as well as students interested in the relationships between art and cartography, place and technology, power and representations. This book could serve as an inspiration for local groups and communities dealing with environmental injustice all over the world. Finally, at a local scale, this book could become a major reference for individuals, communities and institutions interested in environmental issues in the city of Montreal.

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“It offers a rich and diverse collection of representations of Montreal as a unique place, as an informative set of insights about the city. … The book is highly readable, and the papers are accessible and well written. … As a working model for mapping research in urban environments, this collection provides a valuable transferable example for the mapping of any city, with findings unique to that particular urban context.” (Kaye Shumack, Cartographica, Vol. 47 (2), 2012)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Concordia University, Montreal, Canada

    Sébastien Caquard

  • , School of Media and Communication, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

    Laurene Vaughan

  • , School of Mathematical, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

    William Cartwright

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