Montreal Heatwave Mitigation Priority Greening Zones

Polygons identify priority areas for greening projects across Montreal's territory to reduce heatwave impacts. Three priority levels were defined using a methodology targeting five objectives, including reducing vulnerability and increasing canopy cover. The data supports monitoring a 2020 2030 Climate Plan indicator with a target of 500,000 trees to be planted.

Use Cases

• Identify high-priority zones for tree planting projects using the defined three priority levels to target 500,000 new trees.
• Plan green infrastructure investments like green roofs or parks by analyzing polygon locations relative to residential and community sectors.
• Monitor progress toward the 2020-2030 Climate Plan canopy index goal by tracking greening in the most tree-deficient areas.

Strengths

• Data supports a concrete municipal climate action target of planting 500,000 trees.
• Methodology is defined by five specific objectives for reducing heatwave vulnerability and impacts.
• Available in multiple spatial formats (SHP, GEOJSON) for GIS analysis.

Limitations

• Unknown number of geographic features (polygons) and specific attribute columns.
• Methodology details for assigning the three priority levels are not fully described in the metadata.
• Future updates may be tied to political planning cycles rather than a regular schedule.

Provenance

Source

Government and Municipalities of Québec

Collection Method

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Time Range

Linked to the 2020-2030 Climate Plan monitoring period.

Freshness

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Geography

Territory of the City of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.