Yinnon Geva

Yinnon Geva

First Name: 
Yinnon
Last Name: 
Geva
Title: 
Postdoctoral Fellow
Office Location : 
Myhal Centre, Suite 853, 55 St. George St. Toronto, ON
Biography : 

Yinnon Geva is an urban planner with a scholarly and applied interest in the social implications of urban development. Joining the Department of Geography and the School of Cities, he will examine the production of social infrastructure through creative mixed-use projects in Toronto. His dissertation examined the evolution of Israel’s state-led urban regeneration program. The study explored how developers, homeowners, and municipal governments learned to balance the social implications and the market logic of the national program.

Education: 
PhD, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
MA, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
BA, Tel Aviv University

Research Area:

Areas of Interest: 

Urban development; Housing; Community planning; Urban regeneration; Social capital; Homeownership.