Assistant Professor, City & Metropolitan Planning

u6025626@utah.edu

Publications

• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: Slabaugh, D., Németh, J., & Rigolon, A. (2021, in press). Open streets for whom? Toward a just livability revolution. Journal of the American Planning Association. https://doi.org/10.1080/01944363.2021.1955735, 10/01/2021
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES: Harris, B., Rigolon, A., & Fernandez, M. (2021, in press). Hiking during the COVID-19 pandemic: Demographic and visitor group factors associated with public health compliance. Journal of Leisure Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222216.2021.1916797, 07/01/2021
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: Rigolon, A., Banerjee, D., Gobster, P. H., Hadavi, S., & Stewart, W. P. (2021). Transferring vacant lots to private ownership improves care and empowers residents: Evidence from Chicago. Journal of the American Planning Association, 87(4), 570-584. https://doi.org/10.1080/01944363.2021.1891126, 06/01/2021
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES: Curtis, D. S., Rigolon, A., Schmalz, D. L., & Brown, B. B. (2021, in press). Policy and environmental predictors of park visits during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic: Getting out while staying in. Environment & Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1177/00139165211031199, 06/01/2021
• JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: Yañez, E., Aboelata, M. J., Rigolon, A., & Bennett, R. (2021). Changing the landscape: People, parks, and power. Prevention Institute. https://preventioninstitute.org/publications/changing-landscape-people-parks-and-power, 06/01/2021
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: Hadavi, S., Rigolon, A., Gobster, P. H., & Stewart, W. P. (2021). Resident-led vacant lot greening and crime: Do ownership and visual condition-care matter? Landscape and Urban Planning, 211, 104096. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2021.104096, 05/01/2021
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: ark, K., Rigolon, A., Choi, D., Lyons, T., & Brewer, S. (2021). Transit to parks: An environmental justice study of transit access to large parks in the U.S. West. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 60, 127055. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2021.127055, 05/01/2021
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: Reibel, M., Rigolon, A., & Rocha, A. (2021, in press). Follow the money: Do gentrifying and at-risk neighborhoods attract more park spending? Journal of Urban Affairs. https://doi.org/10.1080/07352166.2021.1886857, 04/01/2021
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: Osborne Jelks, N., Jennings, V., & Rigolon, A. (2021). Green gentrification and health: A scoping review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(3), 907. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18030907, 03/01/2021
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: Rigolon, A., & Gibson, S. (2021). The role of non-governmental organizations in achieving environmental justice for green and blue spaces. Landscape and Urban Planning, 205, 103970.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2020.103970, 02/01/2021
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: Harris B., Rigolon A. & Fernandez M. (2020). “To them, we're just kids from the hood”: Citizen-based policing of youth of color, “white space,” and environmental gentrification. Vol. 107. Cities., 12/01/2020
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: Rigolon A., Stewart W.P. & Gobster P.H. (2020). What predicts the demand and sale of vacant public properties? Urban greening and gentrification in Chicago. Vol. 107. Cities., 12/01/2020
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: Choi D.A., Park K. & Rigolon A. (2020). From XS to XL urban nature: Examining access to different types of green space using a 'just sustainabilities' framework. Vol. 12. Sustainability (Switzerland)., 09/01/2020
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES: Gobster, Paul, Rigolon, Alessandro, Hadavi, Sara & Stewart, William (2020). The condition-care scale: A practical approach to monitoring progress in vacant lot stewardship programs. Landscape and Urban Planning. Vol. 203, 103885., 06/2020
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES: Labib SM, Shuvo Faysal K, Browning Matthew HEM & Rigolon Alessandro (2020). Noncommunicable Diseases, Park Prescriptions, and Urban Green Space Use Patterns in a Global South Context: The Case of Dhaka, Bangladesh. International journal of environmental research and public health. Vol. 17, 3900., 06/01/2020
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES: Gobster, Paul, Rigolon, Alessandro, Hadavi, Sara & Stewart, William (2020). Beyond proximity: Extending the “greening hypothesis” in the context of vacant lot stewardship. Landscape and Urban Planning. Vol. 197, 103773., 03/2020
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES: Gobster, Paul, Hadavi, Sara, Rigolon, Alessandro & Stewart, William (2020). Measuring landscape change, lot by lot: Greening activity in response to a vacant land reuse program. Landscape and Urban Planning. Vol. 196, 103729., 01/2020
• JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: Rigolon, Alessandro, Keith, Samuel, Harris, Brandon, Mullenbach, Lauren, Larson, Lincoln & Rushing, Jaclyn (2019). More than “Just Green Enough”: Helping park professionals achieve equitable greening and limit environmental gentrification. Journal of Park and Recreation Administration., 11/01/2019
• JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: Rigolon, Alessandro, Fernandez, Mariela, Harris, Brandon & Stewart, William (2019). An ecological model of environmental justice for recreation. Leisure Sciences., 09/03/2019
• JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: Rigolon, Alessandro & Nemeth, Jeremy (2019). Green gentrification or ‘just green enough’: Do park location, size and function affect whether a place gentrifies or not?. Urban Studies. Vol. 57, 402–420., 07/04/2019
• JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: Browning, Matthew & Rigolon, Alessandro (2019). Could nature help children rise out of poverty? Green space and future earnings from a cohort in ten U.S. cities. Environmental Research. Vol. 176, 108449., 05/09/2019
• NATURE & CULTURE | JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: Jennings, Viniece, Browning, Matthew & Rigolon, Alessandro (2019). Urban green spaces - Public health and sustainability in the United States. Springer., 04/01/2019
• NATURE & CULTURE: Stewart, William, Gobster, Paul, Rigolon, Alessandro, Strauser, John, Williams, Douglas & van Riper, Carena (2019). Resident-led beautification of vacant lots that connects place to community. Landscape and Urban Planning. Vol. 185, 200-209., 02/18/2019
• JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: Rigolon, Alessandro & Nemeth, Jeremy (2019). Toward a socio-ecological model of gentrification: How people, place, and policy shape neighborhood change. Journal of Urban Affairs. Vol. 41, 887-909., 01/16/2019

Presentations

• JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: Rigolon, A. & Christensen, J. (2020). Greening without gentrification: Learning from parks-related anti-displacement strategies. King County Livability Summit. Seattle, WA, 10/29/2020
• JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: Rigolon, A. & Christensen, J. (2020). Greening without gentrification: Learning from parks-related anti-displacement strategies nationwide. Georgia Bike Summit. Macon, GA. , 09/18/2020
• JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: Saltzman, H., Rigolon, A., & Walker, J. (2020). The pandemic and the climate crisis: Innovating solutions. Utah Valley Earth Forum. Provo, UT., 07/22/2020
• JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: Rigolon, A. & Christensen, J. (2020). Greening without gentrification: What can you do? California Coastal Conservancy Webinar. Oakland, CA. , 06/25/2020
• JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: Rigolon, A. (2020). Greenways, race, and gentrification. Invited participation to panel led by Paul Draus, University of Michigan at Dearborn. North Central Sociological Association 2020 (Virtual)., 04/21/2020

Professional Service

• JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: Building Momentum for Park and Green Space Equity in Small and Midsize Cities. Prevention Institute and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (2020-ongoing). , Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 01/12/2020

Media

• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: Penney, V. (2020, September 30). Denver wants to fix a legacy of environmental racism. The New York Times. , 09/30/2020
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | CLIMATE CHANGE | JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: Upton, J, & Diaz, C. (2020, September 4). NYC’s trees: A natural defense against heat, but not equally shared. NPR’s Science Friday., 09/04/2020
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | CLIMATE CHANGE | JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: Plumer, B. & Popovich, N. (2020, August 24). How decades of racist housing policy left neighborhoods sweltering. The New York Times., 08/24/2020

Awards

• JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: Celebrate U Honoree, 2020. Selected as Researcher Honoree for the book titled, “Urban green spaces: Public health and sustainability in the United States.” , The University of Utah, 03/05/2020