Peer-Reviewed Publications
Ahmed, H., Parker, D. C., & Drescher, M. (2025). Adoption determinants and policy tools for residential green stormwater infrastructure: A review synthesizing differences and commonalities among lot-level practices. Journal of Environmental Management, 373, 123279. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.123279
Ahmed, H., Drescher, M., & Parker, D. C. (2025). Intermediary functions of landscape architects and non-profits in shaping green infrastructure within new residential developments in Ontario, Canada. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 114, 129093. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2025.129093
Parker, D. C., & Huang, Y. (2025). Associations Between Cycling Facilities and Residential Property Values: A Case Study in a Growing Mid-sized City in Canada. Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy, 18(1), 25. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12061-024-09627-1
Huang, Y., Parker, D. C., & Anglin, P. (2024). Estimating household demand for transit-oriented development: A two-stage hedonic analysis in Kitchener-Waterloo, Canada. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 51(2), 401–418. https://doi.org/10.1177/23998083231180610
Huang, Y., Parker, D. C., Babin, R., & Kong, F. (2024). Causal identification of transit-induced property value uplift in Canada’s Waterloo Region: A spatio-temporal difference-in-differences method application. Cities, 145, 104676. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2023.104676
Petric, A., Parker, D. C., Geobey, S., & Wright, K. (2024). Making room for everyone: Assessing housing needs and suitability in Waterloo Region, Ontario via time, space, and equity lenses. Canadian Planning and Policy / Aménagement et Politique Au Canada, 2024(2), 43–80. https://doi.org/10.24908/cpp-apc.v2024i2.17254
Parker, D. C., Valaei Sharif, S., & Webber, K. (2023). Why Did the “Missing Middle” Miss the Train? An Actors-In-Systems Exploration of Barriers to Intensified Family Housing in Waterloo Region, Canada. Land, 12(2), 434. https://doi.org/10.3390/land12020434
Valaei Sharif, S., Parker, D. C., Waddell, P., & Tsiakopoulos, T. (2023). Understanding the Effects of Market Volatility on Profitability Perceptions of Housing Market Developers. Journal of Risk and Financial Management, 16(10), 446. https://doi.org/10.3390/jrfm16100446
Jahanmiri, F., & Parker, D. C. (2022). An Overview of Fractal Geometry Applied to Urban Planning. Land, 11(4), 475. https://doi.org/10.3390/land11040475
Huang, Y., Parker, D., & Minaker, L. (2021). Identifying latent demand for transit-oriented development neighbourhoods: Evidence from a mid-sized urban area in Canada. Journal of Transport Geography, 90, 102940. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2020.102940
Presentations
Saturday, November 11, 2017
Interpreting and Modelling the Housing Market from Individual Behaviours (PDF)
Presentation to the North American regional scientists Conference, Vancouver BC, November 10, 2017.
Reports
Monday, October 19, 2020
Cycling Infrastructure and Its Relationship to Residential Property Prices (PDF)
Dr. Brian Doucet, Dr. Dawn Parker, Emma McDougall, Yu Huang, and Devin Feng
There is a commonly-held myth that bike lanes will reduce local property values. This myth is part of an often vocal ‘bikelash’ – resistance to cycling infrastructure. However, as with many other issues pertaining to cycling, there is little evidence to support this claim. This report explicitly seeks to understand to what extent cycling infrastructure impacts residential property values. Our case study examines the cities of Kitchener, Waterloo and Cambridge, situated within the Region of Waterloo. All four local governments have been active in developing new cycling infrastructure, and they have also seen resistance to new infrastructure by some segments of the local community. While these cities do not have an abundance of separated cycling infrastructure, new bike lanes are added each year, and cycling is one of the most contentious local issues.
Theses
- Webber, Kaitlin (2022). Exploring the relationship between transit-induced intensification and retail gentrification in a mid-sized Canadian city. Masters Thesis, School of Planning, University of Waterloo.
- Feng, Devin (2021). A Rules-based Mode Choice Model using CHAID Decision Trees and Dynamic Transit Accessibility. Masters Thesis, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Waterloo.
- Huang, Yu (2020). Analyzing housing market dynamics and residential location choices concurrent with light-rail transit investment in Kitchener-Waterloo, Canada. PhD Thesis, School of Planning, University of Waterloo.
- Pi, Xinyue (2017). Exploring Rental Housing Market in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario. Masters Thesis, School of Planning, University of Waterloo.
- Babin, Robert (2016). Estimating Homebuyer Preferences Under Intensification: Hedonic Modelling of Open Space and Multimodal Transit Amenities Preceding Light Rail in Kitchener-Waterloo. Masters Thesis, School of Planning, University of Waterloo.
- Tran, Jinny (2016). Understanding Developer’s Decision Making in the Region of Waterloo. BES Honours Thesis, School of Planning, University of Waterloo. Summary of results (PDF).
- Jahanmiri, Fatemeh (2015). Making Sense of the Fractal Urban Form and Function: an Agent-Based Modelling Approach. Masters Thesis, School of Planning, University of Waterloo.
- Yeung, Kevin (2015). The Development of a Household Travel Resource Allocation Model for Kitchener – Waterloo. Masters Thesis, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Waterloo.
- Neudorf, Jason (2014). Understanding Accessibility, Analyzing Policy: New Approaches for a New Paradigm. Masters Thesis, School of Planning, University of Waterloo.
- DeFields, Emma (2013). Property size preferences and the value of private and public outdoor spaces amid a shift to high-density residential development: A case study of Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario. Masters Thesis, School of Planning, University of Waterloo.