Jeanne Biggar
Biographic Data
| ID | 356209 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jeanne Biggar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jeanne |
| FAMILY NAME | Biggar |
| SIGNATURE | BIGGAR J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Dalhousie University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8964-0677 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1962 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Urban retrofit in Canadian cities: The adaptive reuse of offices into housing as a dual response to housing affordability and the climate crisis
Converting vacant offices into houses is gaining traction as a means of addressing housing affordability in Canadian downtowns. We argue that this adaptive reuse practice is a form of ‘urban retrofit’ with the dual potential to tackle affordability and precipitate wider climate benefits by avoiding carbon-intensive teardown and supporting the creation of mixed-use, walkable neighbourhoods in struggling downtowns. Sharing reflections from a Canada…
Optimizing urban density: Developer positions on densification in two mid-sized cities
This paper examines developer positions on urban densification in two mid-sized Canadian cities: Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Victoria, British Columbia. A mixed-methods approach was used to investigate developers’ motivations and attitudes towards densification in both cities. The findings indicate that under zoned land, high regulation, and insufficient incentives impede the transition towards higher-density development. The paper suggests that re…
Revisiting small and mid‐sized cities in Canada: Old questions, new challenges
MATTER MORE THAN EVERSmall and mid-sized cities (SMCs) are increasingly where people in Canada "live, work, and play" (Statistics Canada, 2022, 2023).In 2021, for example, eight of the top ten fastest growing Canadian census metropolitan areas were mid-sized cities-including Kelowna, Halifax, Guelph, and Moncton (Statistics Canada, 2021).There is a growing recognition that SMCs serve as repositories of innovation in urban theory and policy, offer…
Revoir les petites et moyennes villes du Canada: Questions d'hier, défis d'aujourd'hui
Balancing equity-based goals with market-driven forces in land development: The case of density bonusing in Toronto
This article explores the connections between planning and land rent through a case study of density bonusing in Toronto, known as 'Section 37' - a form of land value capture. Density bonusing facilitates speculative bidding on future rents by private developers seeking 'highest and best' land uses - or efficient land uses - yet has implications related to equity when the unearned increment is extracted to recover value and invest in public goods…
Approaching Negotiations in Urban Redevelopment Projects: A Multiple Case Analysis of Stakeholder Involvement in Community Benefit Agreements
This paper explores planning negotiations in neighbourhood-level urban redevelopment. Rapidly densifying cities routinely approve development projects that exceed zoning permissions, conditional on negotiations with developers for affordable housing and park space, among other public benefits. This paper provides a case analysis on negotiations in multi-actor urban redevelopment projects involving density bonusing in Toronto, Canada. Local actors…
Tracing Discretion in Planning and Land-Use Outcomes: Perspectives from Toronto, Canada
Discretionary planning supports the provision of public benefits when changes in zoning create additional value on private development sites. This paper draws on two case studies in Toronto, exploring how discretion shapes the broader political and planning policy context in which public benefits are secured from private development. The cases show that even within the same city planning department, variations exist in the application of discreti…
Embedding Artists within Planning: Calgary’s Watershed+ Initiative
Since 2011, artists have been embedded within Calgary’s Utilities and Environmental Protection department as part of the public art program Watershed+. In particular, artists are given workspaces alongside municipal staff to encourage interaction and new ideas. Watershed+ has led to innovative examples of public art that are meant to provoke thought about the local environment. Through interviews with artists and municipal staff engaged in the pr…
Religiosity, Education, and Ethnic Distance
Two sets of hypotheses are tested. The first deals with the relationship of religiosity and education to ethnic distance, when personality variables are controlled. It is found that orthodoxy and extrinsic belief are not related to ethnic distance; church participation and formal education are negatively related. The second set of hypotheses examines individual influence of each personality variable on ethnic distance when the remaining variables…
Balancing equity-based goals with market-driven forces in land development: The case of density bonusing in Toronto
This article explores the connections between planning and land rent through a case study of density bonusing in Toronto, known as 'Section 37' - a form of land value capture. Density bonusing facilitates speculative bidding on future rents by private developers seeking 'highest and best' land uses - or efficient land uses - yet has implications related to equity when the unearned increment is extracted to recover value and invest in public goods…
Tracing Discretion in Planning and Land-Use Outcomes: Perspectives from Toronto, Canada
Discretionary planning supports the provision of public benefits when changes in zoning create additional value on private development sites. This paper draws on two case studies in Toronto, exploring how discretion shapes the broader political and planning policy context in which public benefits are secured from private development. The cases show that even within the same city planning department, variations exist in the application of discreti…
Religiosity, Education, and Ethnic Distance
Two sets of hypotheses are tested. The first deals with the relationship of religiosity and education to ethnic distance, when personality variables are controlled. It is found that orthodoxy and extrinsic belief are not related to ethnic distance; church participation and formal education are negatively related. The second set of hypotheses examines individual influence of each personality variable on ethnic distance when the remaining variables…
Revisiting small and mid‐sized cities in Canada: Old questions, new challenges
MATTER MORE THAN EVERSmall and mid-sized cities (SMCs) are increasingly where people in Canada "live, work, and play" (Statistics Canada, 2022, 2023).In 2021, for example, eight of the top ten fastest growing Canadian census metropolitan areas were mid-sized cities-including Kelowna, Halifax, Guelph, and Moncton (Statistics Canada, 2021).There is a growing recognition that SMCs serve as repositories of innovation in urban theory and policy, offer…
Religiosity, Education, and Ethnic Distance
Two sets of hypotheses are tested. The first deals with the relationship of religiosity and education to ethnic distance, when personality variables are controlled. It is found that orthodoxy and extrinsic belief are not related to ethnic distance; church participation and formal education are negatively related. The second set of hypotheses examines individual influence of each personality variable on ethnic distance when the remaining variables…
Embedding Artists within Planning: Calgary’s Watershed+ Initiative
Since 2011, artists have been embedded within Calgary’s Utilities and Environmental Protection department as part of the public art program Watershed+. In particular, artists are given workspaces alongside municipal staff to encourage interaction and new ideas. Watershed+ has led to innovative examples of public art that are meant to provoke thought about the local environment. Through interviews with artists and municipal staff engaged in the pr…
Tracing Discretion in Planning and Land-Use Outcomes: Perspectives from Toronto, Canada
Discretionary planning supports the provision of public benefits when changes in zoning create additional value on private development sites. This paper draws on two case studies in Toronto, exploring how discretion shapes the broader political and planning policy context in which public benefits are secured from private development. The cases show that even within the same city planning department, variations exist in the application of discreti…
Approaching Negotiations in Urban Redevelopment Projects: A Multiple Case Analysis of Stakeholder Involvement in Community Benefit Agreements
This paper explores planning negotiations in neighbourhood-level urban redevelopment. Rapidly densifying cities routinely approve development projects that exceed zoning permissions, conditional on negotiations with developers for affordable housing and park space, among other public benefits. This paper provides a case analysis on negotiations in multi-actor urban redevelopment projects involving density bonusing in Toronto, Canada. Local actors…
Balancing equity-based goals with market-driven forces in land development: The case of density bonusing in Toronto
This article explores the connections between planning and land rent through a case study of density bonusing in Toronto, known as 'Section 37' - a form of land value capture. Density bonusing facilitates speculative bidding on future rents by private developers seeking 'highest and best' land uses - or efficient land uses - yet has implications related to equity when the unearned increment is extracted to recover value and invest in public goods…
Revisiting small and mid‐sized cities in Canada: Old questions, new challenges
MATTER MORE THAN EVERSmall and mid-sized cities (SMCs) are increasingly where people in Canada "live, work, and play" (Statistics Canada, 2022, 2023).In 2021, for example, eight of the top ten fastest growing Canadian census metropolitan areas were mid-sized cities-including Kelowna, Halifax, Guelph, and Moncton (Statistics Canada, 2021).There is a growing recognition that SMCs serve as repositories of innovation in urban theory and policy, offer…
Revoir les petites et moyennes villes du Canada: Questions d'hier, défis d'aujourd'hui
Optimizing urban density: Developer positions on densification in two mid-sized cities
This paper examines developer positions on urban densification in two mid-sized Canadian cities: Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Victoria, British Columbia. A mixed-methods approach was used to investigate developers’ motivations and attitudes towards densification in both cities. The findings indicate that under zoned land, high regulation, and insufficient incentives impede the transition towards higher-density development. The paper suggests that re…
Urban retrofit in Canadian cities: The adaptive reuse of offices into housing as a dual response to housing affordability and the climate crisis
Converting vacant offices into houses is gaining traction as a means of addressing housing affordability in Canadian downtowns. We argue that this adaptive reuse practice is a form of ‘urban retrofit’ with the dual potential to tackle affordability and precipitate wider climate benefits by avoiding carbon-intensive teardown and supporting the creation of mixed-use, walkable neighbourhoods in struggling downtowns. Sharing reflections from a Canada…
Geography (6 works) · Urban Planning and Governance (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Environmental planning (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Civil engineering (3 works) · Engineering (3 works) · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism (3 works) · Urbanization and City Planning (3 works)