Axis “Mobility, urban planning, and environment”

Juan Torres

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Portrait of Juan TorresAffiliation

Vice Dean for Research and Partnerships at the Faculty of Environmental Design, Université de Montréal, Full Professor at the School of Urban Planning and Landscape Architecture

Research interests

Youth in the city, school zoning, urban mobility, citizen participation with youth involvement.

 

Contact information


Faculty of Environmental Design Building - Université de Montréal
2940 Chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine,
Montréal (QC), H3C 3J7, Canada

jj.torres.michel [at] umontreal.ca (> Email)

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Selected publications


TORRES Juan, CLOUTIER Marie-Soleil, BERGERON Jacques et ST-DENIS Annick (2019) “They installed a speed bump” children’s perceptions of traffic calming measures around elementary schools. Children’s Geographies, 18, https://doi.org/10.1080/14733285.2019.1685075.

GRANIÉ Marie-Axelle, TORRES Juan, et HUGUENIN-RICHRD Florence (2019) Indépendance et autonomie chez le piéton enfant et adolescent : repères conceptuels pour la recherche et l'aménagement. Dans HUGUENIN-RICHARD Florence (dir) La ville à pied. Expériences piétonnes. Collection Géographie et Cultures. Paris : l'Harmattan.

Marie-Sophie Banville et Juan Torres. « On embracing an immanent ethics in urban planning: Pursuing our Body-without-Organs », Planning Theory, 2016 (en ligne).

Juan Torres et Natasha Blamchet-Cohen. « Au-delà de l'accréditation : changement et continuité au sein des Villes amies des enfants du Québec », Annales de la recherche urbaine, vol. LXI, 2016, p. 100-111.

TORRES, Juan (2009) Children & Cities: Planning to grow together. Vanier Institute for the Family.

 

Recent publications


BLANCHET-COHEN Natasha et TORRES, Juan (2023) Enhancing Citizen Engagement at the Municipal Level: Youth’s Perspectives. Dans WYN, J. et CAHILL, H. et CUERVO, H. (éds.) Handbook of Children and Youth Studies. Singapore : Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-4451-96-3_62-2

McCULLOGH Emily, MACPHERSON Alison, HAGEL Brent, GILES Audrey, FUSELLI Pamela, PIKE Ian, TORRES Juan, RICHMOND Sarah A. (2023) “Road safety, health equity, and the built environment: perspectives of transport and injury prevention professionals in five Canadian municipalities”. BMC Public Health 23, 1211 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-16115-7

TORRES Juan (2020) “Why Is It Important to Provide Child- and Youth-Friendly Streets?” Dans LOEBACH Janet et al. (éds) The Routledge Handbook of Designing Public Spaces for Young People. New York/London: Routledge [52-63].

BLANCHET-COHEN Natasha, TORRES Juan et GRÉGOIRE-LABRECQUE Geneviève (2020) “Youth and their Multiple Relationships with the City: Experiences of Exclusion and Belonging in Montréal”. Sociological studies of children and Youth, 26 [85-103].

GRANIÉ Marie-Axelle, CLOUTIER Marie-Soleil et TORRES Juan (2020) « Les perceptions des environnements chez les piétons : utilisation qualitative et quantitative du support photographique pour saisir et comparer les espaces de traversée » Dans MEISSONNIER Joël et al. (éds) Connaissance des mobilités : hybridation des méthodes, diversification des sources. Lyon : Editions du Cerema [93-107].

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