Evan Cleave PhD

Course History: 

SA8911, GEO141, GEO419, GEO421, GEO521, GEO530, GEO561, GEO772

Selected Publications: 

Kyeremeh, E., Cleave, E., Arku, G, and Kutor, S. (2024). The support networks of immigrants in Canada: a multilevel multinomial analysis of emotional, instrumental, and informational support among recent immigrants. Annals of the Association of American Geographers. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/24694452.2024.2313509

Sutton, J., Phan, S., Arku, G., Hutchenreuther, J., and Cleave, E. (2024). Understanding innovation in the context of local economic development: An analysis of cities’ innovation-based policies in Ontario, Canada. Local Development and Society. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/26883597.2024.2313751

Sutton, J., Cleave, E., Bailey, D., Arku, G., and Hutchenreuther, J. (2024). Retooling local economies: practitioners’ experiences and perspectives on plant closures in Ontario. Urban Research & Practice, 17(2), 171–194.

Sutton, J., Sadler, R., Hutchenreuther, J., Oosterbaan, C., Cleave, E., and Arku, G. (2024) Local economic development and COVID-19: The impact of the pandemic on municipalities in Ontario, Canada. Urban Affairs Review. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/10780874241241232

Alkhayyat, Y., Walker, C., Warren, G., Cleave, E. (2023). You’ve Declared a Climate Emergency…What Now? Exploring Climate Action, Energy Planning, and Participatory Place Branding in Canadian Cities. Urban Resilience and Sustainability 1(3): 213-234.

Cleave, E., Wark, C., and Kyeremeh, E. (2023). Immigrant Attraction and Retention: An Exploration of Local Government Policies? Wellbeing, Space & Society 5(100161): 1-13.

Kennedy, B., and Cleave, E. (2023). Urban Agriculture and the Neighbourhood Context: A Geodemographic Approach to the City of Toronto. In Vaz, E. (Ed.), Regional and Urban Change and Geographical Information Systems and Science - An Analysis of Ontario, Canada, 1st Edition. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. (pp. 217-238)

Sepehri-Boroujeni, S., and Cleave, E. (2023). The Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Airbnb and its’ Potential Impact on the Rental Market: A Case Study of City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In Vaz, E. (Ed.), Regional and Urban Change and Geographical Information Systems and Science - An Analysis of Ontario, Canada, 1st Edition. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. (pp. 195-215)

Aversa, J., Cleave, E., Jacobson, J., Hernandez, T., Dizonno, S., and Macdonald, M. (2023). Rollin’ papers: Newspaper coverage of cannabis legalization in Canada. Newspaper Research Journal 44(2): 154-173.

Cleave, E., and Arku, G. (2022). Place Branding and Growth Machines: Implications for Spatial Planning and Urban Development. Journal of Urban Affairs 44(7): 949-966.

Aversa, J., Shaker, R., Cleave, E., and Salooja, N. (2022). Determinants of bank closures: Exploring the relationship between neighbourhood characteristics and bank branch locations. Papers in Applied Geography 8(4): 393-413.

Aversa, J., Jacobson, J., Hernandez, T., Cleave, E., Macdonald, M., and Dizonno, S. (2021). The social media response to the rollout of legalized cannabis retail in Ontario, Canada. Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services 61(102580): 1-10.

Kyeremeh, E., Arku, G., Mkandawire, P., Cleave, E., and Yusuf, I. (2021). What is Success? Interrogating the concept of successful integration among African immigrants based in the city of London, Canada. Journal of International Migration and Integration 47(3): 649-667.

Cleave, E., and Arku, G. (2020). Planning for Local Economic Development: Research into Policymaking and Practice. Urban Planning 5(3): 319-322.

Phan, S., Cleave, E., and Arku, G. (2020). Innovation within the Context of Local Economic Development and Planning: Perspectives of City Practitioners. Urban Planning 5(3): 364-377.

Arku, G., Cleave, E., and Easton, M.2 (2020). Geographic Patterns and Policy Implications for a Changing Manufacturing Sector. Area 52(3): 634-645.

Cleave, E., Easton, M., and Arku, G. (2020). Spatial Analysis and Evidence-Based Economic Development Planning: A Case Study on Manufacturing Clustering in Southern Ontario. In Vaz, E. (ed.), Regional Intelligence: Spatial Analysis and Anthropogenic Regional Challenges in the Digital Age. Cham: Springer International. (pp. 121-144).

Cleave, E., and Arku, G. (2020). Immigrant attraction through place branding? Evidence of city-level effectiveness from Canada’s London. Cities 97(102502): 1-10.

Buttazzoni, A., Arku, G., and Cleave, E. (2019). Practitioners Perspectives on In-house versus Arms-length Structures of Local Economic Development Delivery. Local Government Studies 45(6): 913-936.

Cleave, E., Vecchio, M., Spilsbury, D., and Arku, G. (2019). Manufacturing Change and Policy Response in the Contemporary Economic Landscape: How cities in Ontario, Canada understand and plan for manufacturing. Regional Studies, Regional Science 6(1): 469-495.

Cleave, E., and Arku, G. (2019). Are they Surgeons? Or are they Plumbers? Assessing the Role of Private Sector Consultants in Place Branding and Other Place-Based Economic Development strategies. Public Organization Review 19(2): 179-200.

Cleave, E., Arku, G., and Chatwin, M. (2019). One Step Forward, Two Steps Back? Examining the Influence of Consultants on Local Economic Development Policy. Canadian Public Administration 62(1): 96-121.

Chatwin, M., Cleave, E., and Arku, G. (2019). Open Government at the Subnational Level: A Comparative Analysis of Action Plans in 15 Countries. Policy Science 52(3): 451–479.