Katherine Perrott
Biographic Data
| ID | 6011012 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Katherine Perrott |
| GIVEN NAMES | Katherine |
| FAMILY NAME | Perrott |
| SIGNATURE | PERROTT K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Toronto |
| ORCID | 0009-0002-7817-7108 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Aspirational urban vibes and vertical suburbanization in Toronto, Canada
In the production of vertical suburbanization in Toronto, Canada, urban-coded aesthetic signifiers are mobilized in policy, housing advertisements, and interviews to constitute an aspirational urbanity. These planning and development discourses communicate not only envisioned built forms and land use functions but also the anticipated “urban vibes” of a planned suburban future that looks and feels on trend, modern, vibrant, and sustainable—thus d…
Does New Urbanism “Just Show Up”? Deliberate Process and the Evolving Plan for Markham Centre
This article traces three decades of planning for a Canadian suburban downtown in Markham, Ontario, an early adopter of new urbanism. While leading new urbanist design firm Duany Plater-Zyberk & Co. (also known as DPZ) produced site plans for both Cornell and Markham Centre, much of the research attention on the implementation of new urbanism has focused on the Cornell development, where build-out began in the 1990s. Construction was delayed in M…
Smart Growth
Smart growth is an urban planning approach that emerged in the late 1990s to prevent sprawl through the management of new development. Smart growth promotes development that is compact, high density, and conserves open space and farmland. Growth that is smart mixes residential, commercial, and institutional land uses and fosters a distinctive sense of place. Neighborhoods provide a range of housing and transportation options, encourage walking, a…
Where Is the Café? The Challenge of Making Retail Uses Viable in Mixed-use Suburban Developments
Contemporary planners see mixing residential, retail and other compatible uses as an essential planning principle. This paper explores the challenges that planners, developers and municipal councillors encounter in trying to implement retail uses as part of the mix in suburban areas in three Canadian cities. The study finds that planners employ evolutionary theories of urban development to naturalise their normative visions of walkable and sociab…
Where Is the Café? The Challenge of Making Retail Uses Viable in Mixed-use Suburban Developments
Contemporary planners see mixing residential, retail and other compatible uses as an essential planning principle. This paper explores the challenges that planners, developers and municipal councillors encounter in trying to implement retail uses as part of the mix in suburban areas in three Canadian cities. The study finds that planners employ evolutionary theories of urban development to naturalise their normative visions of walkable and sociab…
Where Is the Café? The Challenge of Making Retail Uses Viable in Mixed-use Suburban Developments
Contemporary planners see mixing residential, retail and other compatible uses as an essential planning principle. This paper explores the challenges that planners, developers and municipal councillors encounter in trying to implement retail uses as part of the mix in suburban areas in three Canadian cities. The study finds that planners employ evolutionary theories of urban development to naturalise their normative visions of walkable and sociab…
Smart Growth
Smart growth is an urban planning approach that emerged in the late 1990s to prevent sprawl through the management of new development. Smart growth promotes development that is compact, high density, and conserves open space and farmland. Growth that is smart mixes residential, commercial, and institutional land uses and fosters a distinctive sense of place. Neighborhoods provide a range of housing and transportation options, encourage walking, a…
Does New Urbanism “Just Show Up”? Deliberate Process and the Evolving Plan for Markham Centre
This article traces three decades of planning for a Canadian suburban downtown in Markham, Ontario, an early adopter of new urbanism. While leading new urbanist design firm Duany Plater-Zyberk & Co. (also known as DPZ) produced site plans for both Cornell and Markham Centre, much of the research attention on the implementation of new urbanism has focused on the Cornell development, where build-out began in the 1990s. Construction was delayed in M…
Aspirational urban vibes and vertical suburbanization in Toronto, Canada
In the production of vertical suburbanization in Toronto, Canada, urban-coded aesthetic signifiers are mobilized in policy, housing advertisements, and interviews to constitute an aspirational urbanity. These planning and development discourses communicate not only envisioned built forms and land use functions but also the anticipated “urban vibes” of a planned suburban future that looks and feels on trend, modern, vibrant, and sustainable—thus d…
Civil engineering (3 works) · Engineering (3 works) · Urban planning (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Space (punctuation) (2 works) · Urban Planning and Governance (2 works) · Urban sprawl (2 works)