João Pedro Figueira Amorim Parga

PhD Student (he/him)
Sidney Smith Hall, Room 608, 100 Saint George St. Toronto, ON
437-518-0656

Campus

Fields of Study

Areas of Interest

Transportation, Accessibility, Mobility, Equity, Justice

Supervisor

Steven Farber and Christopher Higgins

Cohort

2022-2023

Biography

My passion is to use quantitative analysis, spatial modeling, and Geographic Information Systems to help cities build just transportation systems, addressing distributive justice and equity issues in urban areas.

Publications

- Accessibility, perceptions, and self-rated health in the suburbs: Evidence from Scarborough, Canada. with S. Farber et al., 2023‐Ongoing.
- Racial and Income Inequalities in Accessibility to Health in Brazilian Cities, with R. Pereira et al., 2022‐Ongoing.
- Urban Form and Sustainable Mobility, with R. Pereira et al., 2021‐Ongoing.

Education

PhD Student in Human Geography, University of Toronto
M.Sc. in Economics, Federal University of Minas Gerais
B.A. in Economics, Federal University of Minas Gerais