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Dr. Abigail Friendly

Assistant Professor 
Geosciences
Human Geography and Spatial Planning
Spatial Planning
Spatial Planning
Vening Meineszgebouw A
Princetonlaan 8a
Kamer 6.90
3584 CB Utrecht

Dr. Abigail Friendly

Assistant Professor
Spatial Planning
+31 30 253 1365
a.r.friendly@uu.nl
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Research areas

Publications

2024

Scholarly publications

Friendly, A. (2024). Streetcars and the Shifting Geographies of Toronto: A Visual Analysis of Change, by Brian Doucet and Michael Doucet. Tijdschrift Voor Economische en Sociale Geografie. https://doi.org/10.1111/tesg.12610
Friendly, A. (2024). Brazil's urban social movements and urban transformations in perspective. In A. Domaradzka, & P. Hamel (Eds.), Handbook on Urban Social Movements (pp. 168–184). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839109652.00018
Pimentel Walker, A. P., Arquero de Alarcón, M., Friendly, A., Barbosa, B. R., Ribeiro de Souza, M., & Nobre, S. C. S. (2024). Activist Co-production for the Right to Occupy, Hold Ground, and Upgrade. Planning Theory. https://doi.org/10.1177/14730952231213952

2023

Scholarly publications

Friendly, A. (2023). Street matters: A critical history of twentieth-century urban policy in Brazil, by Fernando Luiz Lara and Ana Paula Koury. Journal of Urban Affairs. https://doi.org/10.1080/07352166.2023.2198438
Valenzuela, L., Friendly, A., & van Noorloos, F. (2023). Pathways to assisted self-help housing: the evolution of Mexico’s housing governability system. International Development Planning Review. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.3828/idpr.2023.11
Biggar, J., & Friendly, A. (2023). Balancing equity-based goals with market-driven forces in land development: The case of density bonusing in Toronto. Environment and Planning A, 55(6), 1581-1599. https://doi.org/10.1177/0308518X221087243
Macdonald, S., Monstadt, J., & Friendly, A. (2023). Towards Smart Regional Growth: Institutional Complexities and the Regional Governance of Southern Ontario’s Greenbelt. Territory, Politics, Governance, 11(8), 1727–1747. https://doi.org/10.1080/21622671.2021.1928540
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/433042/Towards_smart_regional_growth_institutional_complexities_and_the_regional_governance_of_Southern_Ontario_s_Greenbelt.pdf?sequence=1

2022

Scholarly publications

Friendly, A., & Pimentel Walker, A. P. (2022). Legacy participation and the buried history of racialised spaces: Hypermodern revitalisation in Rio de Janeiro’s port area. Urban Studies, 59(6), 1167–1184. https://doi.org/10.1177/00420980211008824
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/418749/00420980211008824.pdf?sequence=1
Friendly, A. (2022). Insurgent Planning in Pandemic Times: The Case of Rio de Janeiro. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 46(1), 115–125. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2427.13000
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/418680/Int_J_Urban_Regional_Res_2020_Friendly_INSURGENT_PLANNING_IN_PANDEMIC_TIMES_The_Case_of_Rio_de_Janeiro.pdf?sequence=1

2021

Scholarly publications

Pimentel Walker, A. P., & Friendly, A. (2021). The value of participatory urban policy councils: Engaging actors through policy communities. Environment and Urbanization, 33(2), 436–455. https://doi.org/10.1177/09562478211031705
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/412848/09562478211031705.pdf?sequence=1
Friendly, A., & De Souza, F. F. (2021). The Statute of the Metropolis and Planning Reform in Brazil: Analyzing Land Use Planning Practices and Metropolitan Land Conflicts. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. https://www.lincolninst.edu/publications/working-papers/statute-metropolis-planning-reform-in-brazil
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/415433/Friendly_WP21AF1.pdf?sequence=1
Friendly, A. (2021). Latin American Urbanization and the Political Economy of Inequality. Latin American Perspectives, 48(6), 223–226. https://doi.org/10.1177/0094582x211029289
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/410245/0094582x211029289.pdf?sequence=1
Macdonald, S., Monstadt, J., & Friendly, A. (2021). Rethinking the governance and planning of a new generation of greenbelts. Regional Studies, 55(5), 804-817. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2020.1747608
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/408028/Rethinking_the_governance_and_planning_of_a_new_generation_of_greenbelts.pdf?sequence=1
Macdonald, S., Monstadt, J., & Friendly, A. (2021). From the Frankfurt Greenbelt to the Regionalpark RheinMain: An institutional perspective on regional greenbelt governance. European Planning Studies, 29(1), 142–162. https://doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2020.1724268

2020

Scholarly publications

Friendly, A. (2020). Planning Reconfigurations in a Mega-Event Context: The Case of Rio de Janeiro. In The Routledge Handbook of Planning Megacities in the Global South (pp. 342–354). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003038160-25
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/414544/10.4324_9781003038160_25.pdf?sequence=2
van Noorloos, F., Cirolia, L. R., Friendly, A., Jukur, S., Schramm, S., Steel, G., & Valenzuela, L. (2020). Incremental housing as a node for intersecting flows of city-making: rethinking the housing shortage in the global South. Environment and Urbanization, 32(1), 37–54. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956247819887679
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/395925/0956247819887679.pdf?sequence=1
Friendly, A. (2020). Sharing the unearned increment: Divergent Outcomes in Toronto and São Paulo. Land Use Policy, 91, Article 104270. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2019.104270
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/390375/sharing_the_unearned.pdf?sequence=1
Friendly, A. (2020). The Place of Social Citizenship and Property Rights in Brazil’s ‘Right to the City’ Debate. Social Policy and Society, 19(2), 307–318. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474746419000435
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/391107/the_place_of_social_citizenship_and_property_rights_in_brazils_right_to_the_city_debate.pdf?sequence=4
Levkoe, C., Friendly, A., & Daniere, A. (2020). Community Service-Learning in Graduate Planning Education. Journal of Planning Education and Research, 40(1), 92–103. https://doi.org/10.1177/0739456X18754318
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/390666/0739456x18754318.pdf?sequence=2

2019

Scholarly publications

Friendly, A. (2019). The contradictions of participatory planning: Reflections on the role of politics in urban development in Niterói, Brazil. Journal of Urban Affairs, 41(7), 910-929. https://doi.org/10.1080/07352166.2019.1569468
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/385713/The_contradictions_of_participatory_planning_Reflections_on_the_role_of_politics_in_urban_development_in_Niter_i_Brazil.pdf?sequence=2
Stren, R., & Friendly, A. (2019). Big City Mayors: Still Avatars of Local Politics? Cities, 84, 172-177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2018.08.005
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/371768/1-s2.0-S0264275118301100-main.pdf?sequence=2
Friendly, A., & Stiphany, K. (2019). Paradigm or Paradox? The ‘Cumbersome Impasse’ of the Participatory Turn in Brazilian Urban Planning. Urban Studies, 56(2), 271-287. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098018768748
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/384196/Paradigm_or_paradox_The_cumbersome_impasse_of_the_participatory_turn_in_Brazilian_urban_planning.pdf?sequence=3
Stren, R., & Friendly, A. (2019). Toronto and São Paulo: Cities and International Diplomacy. Urban Affairs Review, 55(2), 375-404. https://doi.org/10.1177/1078087417722862
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/375849/Toronto.pdf?sequence=1

2017

Scholarly publications

Friendly, A. (2017). Urban Policy, Social Movements and the Right to the City in Brazil. Latin American Perspectives, 44(2), 132-148. https://doi.org/10.1177/0094582X16675572

Professional publications

Friendly, A. R. (2017, May 8). Commentary written for Citiscope ("Federal systems don't preclude national urban policies").

Other output

Friendly, A. (2017). Land Value Capture and Social Benefits: Toronto and São Paulo Compared. The Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance (IMFG).
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/356099/Land.pdf?sequence=1

2016

Scholarly publications

Friendly, A. (2016). The Changing Landscape of Civil Society in Niterói, Brazil. Latin American Research Review, 51(1), 218-241. https://doi.org/10.1353/lar.2016.0015

Other output

Friendly, A. (2016). Participatory Budgeting: The Practice and the Potential. The Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance (IMFG).
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/354563/Budgeting.pdf?sequence=1
Friendly, A. (2016). National Urban Policy: A Roadmap for Canadian Cities. The Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance (IMFG).
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/354562/Urban.pdf?sequence=1

2015

Scholarly publications

Friendly, A. (2015). Review: Toronto: Transformations in a City and Its Region. Journal of Planning Education and Research, 35(4), 532–534. https://doi.org/10.1177/0739456X15603150

2013

Scholarly publications

Friendly, A. (2013). The Right to the City: Theory and Practice in Brazil. Planning Theory & Practice, 158-179. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14649357.2013.783098

2008

Scholarly publications

Friendly, A. (2008). Towards Food Security Policy for Canada’s Social Housing Sector. Canadian Policy Research Networks. https://www.academia.edu/2166431/Towards_food_security_policy_for_Canadas_social_housing_sector

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