Translation of "Ghettoïsation de quartiers bruyants " (French → English) :

formation of ghettos in noisy areas

P. whereas there are clear links between sub-standard housing and poor health: mortgage indebtedness is associated with worsening mental health; overcrowding is associated with psychological problems, tuberculosis, respiratory infections, increased chances of fire and domestic accidents; living in inadequate housing negatively affects health, safety and increases the chance of domestic accidents; living in a noisy area is associated with increased hypertension and higher blood pressure; whereas a lack of housing is a source of both stress and distress adversely affecting the quality of life, health and wellbeing;

P. whereas there are clear links between sub-standard housing and poor health: mortgage indebtedness is associated with worsening mental health; overcrowding is associated with psychological problems, tuberculosis, respiratory infections, increased chances of fire and domestic accidents; living in inadequate housing negatively affects health, safety and increases the chance of domestic accidents; living in a noisy area is associated with increased hypertension and higher blood pressure; whereas a lack of housing is a source of both stress and distress adversely affecting the quality of life, health and wellbeing;

These kids are exposed to tremendous amounts of family violence; the ghettoization of Aboriginal families into poorer areas of the city where crime and other negative influences on youth are rampant; a lack of cultural support and positive cultural experiences in family life, especially urban Inuit who are far from their extend families in the North; a lack of parental support and supervision; and a lack of fun and supervised stimulating community activities.

That localized mobility is very important, and Canadian Urban Transit Association is questioning its own mandate in terms of how to help promote that mobility, urban planning and public transportation model that prevents that kind of ghettoization that we are seeing in neighbourhood pathways, all these things that are very important.