Dawn Parker

About Dawn Parker

Professor Parker’s recent work focuses on residential landscapes, examining interactions between land markets, landscaping, and carbon sequestration, and modelling the co-evolution of urban transit networks and residential neighbourhoods via land and housing markets. Technical expertise includes complex systems, agent-based modelling, integrated modelling, and spatial econometrics.

Areas of Expertise

Environmental Planning and Resource Management, Housing, Land Use Planning and Governance, Regional Planning

Selected Publications

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. Scopus. 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. Scopus. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2023.104676, 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, 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

Recent Courses Taught

Economic Analyses for Regional Planning | Modelling the City, Climate Change Planning, Introduction to Agent-Based Modelling, Research Design