Publications
At the HAP Lab, we write, present and demonstrate our work in a variety of ways, including: peer-reviewed academic journals, industry and popular magazines, as well as podcasts and public events. Check out some of our work below.
Academic Publications
Biglieri, S. & J. Dean. (2022). Fostering mobility for people living with dementia in suburban neighbourhoods through land use, urban design and wayfinding. Journal of Planning, Education and Research.
Gaber, S.; Thalén, L.; Malinowsky, C., Margot-Cattin, I., Seetharaman, K., Chaudhury, H., Cutchin, M., Wallcook, S., Kottorp, A., Brorsson, A., Biglieri, S., Nygard, L. (2022). A cross-national perspective of social citizenship through out-of-home participation among older adults living with and without dementia. Journal of Applied Gerontology.
Biglieri, S., De Vidovich, L., Iacobelli, J. & R. Keil. (2022). Health Governance of COVID-19 in Milan and Toronto: Long Term Trends and Short Term Failures. Studies in Political Economy: A Socialist Review.
Keil, R., Biglieri, S. & L. De Vidovich. (2022). A heuristic device, not an actual map. . . revisiting the urban periphery. Cities & Health, 1-4.
Biglieri, S. & J. Dean. (2021). Everyday built environments of care: Examining the socio-spatial relationalities of suburban neighbourhoods for people living with dementia. Wellbeing, Space & Society. Vol. 2, 100058. Open Access.
Biglieri, S. (2020). The Right to (Re) Shape the City: Examining the Accessibility of a Public Engagement Tool for People Living With Dementia
Biglieri, S., De Vidovich, L. & R. Keil. (2020). City as the Core of Contagion? Repositioning COVID-19 at the social and spatial periphery of urban society. Cities & Health.
Dean, J., Biglieri, S., Drescher, M., Garnett, A., Glover, T. and J. Casello. (2020). Thinking relationally about built environments and physical activity: A study of adult walking behavior in Waterloo, Ontario. Health & Place, 64.
Biglieri, S. (2018). Implementing Dementia-Friendly Land Use Planning: An Evaluation of Current Literature and Financial Implications for Greenfield Development in Suburban Canada. Planning Practice & Research, 33(3), 264-290.
Hartt, M. & Biglieri, S. (2018). Prepared for the Silver Tsunami? An Examination of Municipal Old-Age Dependency and Age-Friendly Policy in Ontario, Canada. Journal of Urban Affairs, 40(5), 625-638.
Books
Hartt, M., Biglieri, S., Rosenberg, M. & S. Nelson (Eds.) (2021) Aging People, Aging Places. Policy Press: Bristol, UK.
Book Chapters
Biglieri, S. (2021). Examining everyday outdoor practices in suburban public space: the case for an expanded definition of care as an analytical framework, in Cities, Action, Research and Education: New Perspectives in Urban Studies and Planning Theory. Edited By: N. Cohen, A. Gabauer, T. Haas, S. Knierbein, H. Lebuhn, K. Trogal, and T. Viderman. London, UK: Routledge.
De Vidovich, L., Iacobelli, J., Biglieri, S., & R. Keil. (2021). The view from the socio-spatial peripheries: Milan, Italy and Toronto, Canada in Global Reflections on COVID-19 Urban Inequalities: Policy and Planning. Edited by: P. Filion, R. van Melik and B. Doucet.
Biglieri, S. & Dean, J. (2017). Aging in the Suburbs, in Still detached and subdivided? Suburban ways of living in 21st century North America. Edited By: M. Moos and R. Walter-Joseph. Berlin, Germany: JOVIS Publishers.
Industry Publications + Reports
Eyob, S., Kolcak, M. & S. Biglieri. (Winter 2022). Accessibility and the Planning Profession. Plan Canada - Special Edition on the State of the Profession. Vol. 61, No. 4.
Iacobelli, J., Biglieri, S., De Vidovich, L., & R. Keil. (Summer 2021). COVID-19 and the Forgotten Densities of Long-Term Care. Plan Canada, Special Issue on Aging. Vol. 64, Issue 2.
Biglieri, S. Tools for the Trade – JAPA Takeaway. Planning. (American Planning Association Magazine).
Biglieri, S. (Fall 2017). Dementia + Planning: Expanding accessibility through design and planning practice. Plan Canada, Vol. 53, Issue 3.
Hartt, M. & S. Biglieri. (Fall 2017). Understanding Municipal-level Demographic Dependency and Age-Friendly Policy: Results from Ontario. Plan Canada, Vol. 53, Issue 3.
Biglieri, S. & M. Hartt. (2018). Identifying Built Barriers: Where do our most vulnerable live in Ontario’s Mid-Sized Cities? in Evergreen’s Mid-Sized Cities Research Series. Prepared By: Members of the Evergreen Mid-Sized Cities Research Collaborative.
Biglieri, S. & M. Hartt. (2017). Aging and Age-Friendly Policy in Ontario’s Mid-Sized Cities, in Leveraging Ontario’s Urban Potential: Mid-Sized Cities Research Series. Prepared By: Members of the Evergreen Mid-Sized Cities Research Collaborative.
Media
Podcast Interview on The Developer UK podcast with Christine Murray – “What can people with dementia teach us about the liveability of our places?”
Podcast Interview on Dense City with Rebecca Mayers – “People living with Dementia and Public Engagement”, a podcast supported by the American Planning Association.
Research Featured on CBC Radio’s ‘Spark’ on “How urban design can help people with dementia navigate neighbourhoods and public spaces.”
Podcast Interview on Plan B with Ralph Benmergei – “Aging in Suburbia” by Upstream: Institute for a Healthy Society Podcast.
Interview in the Dementia Connections Magazine for the article “Nature as Medicine” by Shannon Cleary.
Interview on CBC Radio’s local programs (Ontario Morning, Kitchener-Waterloo, London, Windsor, and Ottawa) about the co-authored paper “Prepared for the Silver Tsunami?” with M. Hartt.
Major Research Papers
Bochenek, Justine. (2023). Planning Radical Imperfection: Generating meaningful accessibility in cultural spaces through lessons of disability experience, cultures, and histories. [Major Research Paper]. Toronto Metropolitan University.
Livingston, Brittany. (2022). Capturing Urban Public Space Experiences and In-Situ Mental Wellbeing for Individuals Living with Mental Illness. [Major Research Paper]. Toronto Metropolitan University.
McDonald, Dustin. (2022). Exploring the Accessibility Knowledge of Professional Planners. [Major Research Paper]. Toronto Metropolitan University.
White, Lauren. (2022). Housing for Seniors with Mental Illness: A Content Analysis. [Major Research Paper]. Toronto Metropolitan University.
Pelopidas, Christina. (2021). Age-Friendly Policy: Creating Walkable Environments for Older Adults in Mid-Sized Ontario Municipalities. [Major Research Paper]. Toronto Metropolitan University.