Rate My Professor Alessandro Rigolon

Rigolon's research centers on the intersections of urban planning, urban green spaces, environmental justice, gentrification, health equity, and climate change. He investigates policy factors driving inequities in green space provision, mechanisms of green gentrification and strategies to resist it, and the public health benefits of green spaces for low-income communities of color. Notable publications include 'A complex landscape of inequity in access to urban parks: A literature review' (Landscape and Urban Planning, 2016), which has received over 1,100 citations; 'Inequities in the quality of urban park systems: An environmental justice investigation of cities in the United States' (Landscape and Urban Planning, 2018); 'Green gentrification or 'just green enough': Do park location, size and function affect whether a place gentrifies or not?' (Urban Studies, 2020); 'Green space and health equity: a systematic review on the potential of green space to reduce health disparities' (Environmental Research, 2021); and contributions to the book Urban green spaces: Public health and sustainability in the United States (Springer, 2019). Rigolon serves on the editorial board of Landscape and Urban Planning and was named among the world's highly cited researchers in 2025 by Clarivate. His work has shaped academic discourse and planning practices on equitable greening and anti-displacement policies.