Accessibility of services and facilities for elderly residents of public housing in Montreal: an equity issue
For elderly people living in public housing, whose mobility is often reduced due to their stage in the life cycle and their economic resources, the accessibility to services and facilities is a fundamental concern. In this paper, we evaluate the accessibility to various services and facilities for this clientele by using a methodological approach based on geographical information systems and multivariate analysis. Our results based on the calculation of an accessibility indicator show that there are eight facilities landscapes around public housing buildings where live a majority of elderly residents. Overall, 42% of elderly residents of public housings have a good level of accessibility to urban resources, against 58% who have a more limited accessibility