Jill Wigle
Associate Professor
Geography and Environmental Studies
Carleton University
Canada
Biography
I received my PhD in Geography from the University of Toronto. After completing a postdoctoral fellowship at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (Azcapotzalco) in Mexico City, I joined the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at Carleton in 2008. As an urban geographer, my primary research interests include informal housing and settlement processes, urban spatial regulation and socio-spatial conflict in Latin America, especially Mexico City. Before starting my doctorate, I worked as an urban planner in Toronto and remain a Member of the Canadian Institute of Planners (MCIP). I am cross-appointed to the Institute of Political Economy at Carleton.
Research Interest
The spatial governance of informal settlements The politics of land use regulation Land, housing and the right to the city Urban food security and informality Anti-poverty programs and urban security
Publications
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Wigle, Jill and Lorena Zárate. 2012. Realizing the Right to the City: From declaration to action? Progressive Planning 193: 35-38.
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Wigle, Jill. 2014. The “graying†of “green†zones: Spatial governance and irregular settlement in Xochimilco, Mexico City. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. 38(2): 573-589.
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Wigle, Jill. 2017. De Ãreas Verdes a Zonas Grises: Gobernanza del Espacio y Asentamientos Irregulares en Xochimilco, Ciudad de México, in Antonio Azuela (Ed.) La Ciudad y Sus Reglas: Sobre la Huella del Derecho en el Orden Urbano. Mexico City: Instituto de Investigaciones, UNAM and PAOT.
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Connolly, Priscilla and Jill Wigle. 2017. (Re)constructing Informality and “Doing Regularizationâ€in the Conservation Zone of Mexico City. Planning Theory and Practice,
