Fig 1. Montreal island geographical situation and land uses.

The island of Montreal is aproximately 38% residential, 12% green space, 14% vacant lots, and 18% industrial and commercial land uses. Residential land-use includes high, medium, and low density housing, commercial land use includes malls, service-industry buildings, and business district, Industry and other land use includes light and heavy industry, quarries, public and education institutions, landfills, and service utility areas, Parks and other green space land use includes golf courses, cemeteries, regional and city parks, natural reserves, and rural sites [23]. Municipalities and borough limits are indicated by the black administrative boundaries.