Jeffrey Biggar
Undergraduate Program Coordinator/Assistant Professor
Email: jeffrey.biggar@dal.ca
Mailing Address:
5410 Spring Garden Road
Halifax, NS, Canada B3H 4R2
Research Topics:- Property Development, Densification, and the Built Environment
- Community Planning and Urban Policy
- Smart Cities and Urban Governance
Education
- PhD, Planning, University of Toronto
- MA, Communication and Culture, Ryerson and York Universities
Teaching
- PLAN 4001/02 Urban Design and Environmental Planning Studio
- PLAN 6505 Seminar: Theories, Ideas, and Debates in Planning
Research Interests
Jeff’s research and teaching focuses on land use planning and property development. He is particularly interested in how cities manage and plan for density to improve the quality of place for people, and how local governments recover value from private development for the public good. Through this focus, Jeff considers how planning policy and tools address spatial inequities in cities. Jeff aims to foster collaborative learning for students to deepen their educational experience and prepare them for team-based work in the planning profession.
Selected Publications
- Biggar, J. (2021). Approaching Negotiations in Urban Redevelopment Projects: A Multiple Case Analysis of Stakeholder Involvement in Community Benefit Agreements. Planning Theory & Practice, DOI: 10.1080/14649357.2021.1972129
- Robinson, P and J Biggar. 2021. Seeing the City as a Platform: Is Canada’s Smart City Challenge a Step in that Direction? From the Platform Economy to the Smart City: Technology and the Transformation of Urban Policy. Zwick, A, Spicer, Z (Eds.). McGill-Queens University Press.
- Biggar, J and M Siemiatycki (2020). Tracing Discretion in Planning and Land Use Outcomes: Perspectives from Toronto, Canada. Journal of Planning Education and Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/0739456X20904427
- Biggar, J and M Siemiatycki (2020). Addressing Equity Concerns in Land Value Capture: The Spatial Distribution of Community Benefits in Toronto’s Urban Redevelopment. In Critical Dialogues of Urban Governance, Development and Activism: London & Toronto. Bunce, S, Moore, S, Walks, A (Eds.) UCL Press. P. 191-207
- Ross, T; Mah, Julie; Biggar, J; Zwick, A and Ewa Modlinksi. (2018). Student Needs, Employment Realities, and PhD Program Design in Canada: The Case of Planning PhD Programs. Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 48(3). Pp.1-19
Memberships
- Council for Canadian Urbanism
- The Planners Network
- Urban Land Institute