Despite its urgency, the ecological transition faces challenges in the form of inertia and resistance to change, and therefore its social acceptability.

In this regard, the issue of health, which has been heightened since the COVID crisis, can be a lever for the necessary transformations of urban spaces. Combining urban issues, now viewed from the perspective of sobriety and ecological challenges, with public policies that promote health should both facilitate the ecological transition and improve the well-being of populations. This involves the ability to recover from climate hazards and heat waves, but also from pandemic risks and exposure to pollution.

The analysis will focus on how urban societies and their stakeholders are able to articulate these two dimensions in their planning, and with what success or limitations in terms of acceptance and socio-territorial equity.

Program

9:00 a.m. ― Session 3: Health imperatives in urban ecological transition policies, assessment, and measures

• Maikel ROSABAL RODRIGUEZ, Professor, UQAM
• Lucie ANZIVINO, Director of Environmental Health Projects, Cerema
• Anne-Peggy HELLEQUIN, Professor, Paris-Nanterre University
• François CROTEAU, Former Mayor, Rosemont Petite-Patrie Borough (Montreal), City of Montreal

Session chaired by Stéphanie Yates.

10:45 a.m. ― Round table C: How can we provide training in ecological transition and health-promoting urban planning?

• Séverine ALLEGRA, Vice President for Sustainable Development and Social Responsibility, Jean Monnet University, Saint-Etienne
• Alice FRISER, Professor, University of Quebec in Outaouais
• Bruno NEIL, Chief Executive Officer, Excelia
• Samuel DEPRAZ, Director of Research and Prospective Studies, ESPI
• Tamym ABDESSEMED, Director and Dean of Excelia Business School and Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Excelia
• Corinne GENDRON, Professor, UQAM

Round table coordinated by Corinne Gendron.

12:30 p.m. ― Closing conference

Michel LUSSAULT, Professor of Geography, ENS de Lyon

3:00 p.m. ― Tour of the La Saulaie urban development zone

Camille FIORUCCI, Project Director, SERL Group