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Articles 1 - 17 of 17
Full-Text Articles in Urban Studies and Planning
Revitalize Wakefield: Charting A Course For Growth, Bannon T. Luckert
Revitalize Wakefield: Charting A Course For Growth, Bannon T. Luckert
Master of Urban and Regional Planning Capstone Projects
This plan focuses on discovering the objectives and aspirations of residents and merchants to formulate a revitalization strategy comprising actionable steps that will contribute to the flourishing of a rural downtown. By leveraging Wakefield's rich history and existing assets, this plan aims to help realize the vision of revitalizing Wakefield.
Windmill Ridge Park: A Sustainable Park Design, Sean Benson
Windmill Ridge Park: A Sustainable Park Design, Sean Benson
Master of Urban and Regional Planning Capstone Projects
This plan proposes designing and developing a new park in Chesterfield County that will promote sustainability in its design and implementation, as well as provide a stepping stone to promote these practices throughout Chesterfield County parks. This plan achieves this by providing research, concepts, and recommendations centered on the three Es of sustainability: environmental quality, social equity, and economic efficiency.
Cooked Nature: What Three Classic Books On The American Lawn Can Tell Us About Our Current Struggle To Mitigate Climate Change, Gregory N. Poelker-Mckee
Cooked Nature: What Three Classic Books On The American Lawn Can Tell Us About Our Current Struggle To Mitigate Climate Change, Gregory N. Poelker-Mckee
Student Showcase
My essay, “Cooked Nature: What Three Classic Books on the American Lawn Can Tell Us About Our Current Struggle to Mitigate Climate Change,” attempts to explain the dissonance between our collective desire for sustainability and our inability to reduce our own carbon footprints. Through the history of the American lawn, one can learn how culture and industry have shaped the landscape of our country, and how they continue to shape our lives today.
This paper grew out of my lifelong confusion regarding our lawns. Why do they exist? Why is it often expected that they be perfectly green year-round? Why …
Improving Access To Trails And Green Space: Brightwood Neighborhood, Springfield, Massachusetts, Gregory N. Poelker-Mckee, Alena Conrad, Cameron Joshua Holland, Eli Grigorian
Improving Access To Trails And Green Space: Brightwood Neighborhood, Springfield, Massachusetts, Gregory N. Poelker-Mckee, Alena Conrad, Cameron Joshua Holland, Eli Grigorian
Student Showcase
Accessibility has been an issue with the Connecticut River Walk and Bikeway (River Walk) since its completion in 2003. Our project focuses on designing better connections between this Springfield, MA rail trail and the local environmental justice communities it is meant to serve. As a team of four undergraduate design students, we have spent three months conducting a comprehensive research study on the trail. Ultimately, we will be turning over our research to the Appalachian Mountain Club which intends to use it for reference in their efforts to secure funding for improving River Walk access in the city of Springfield. …
Westwood Multimodal Transportation Plan, Ashley N. Austin
Westwood Multimodal Transportation Plan, Ashley N. Austin
Master of Urban and Regional Planning Capstone Projects
Westwood is experiencing an industrial regeneration that will change the way the area is utilized by the surrounding communities. To be proactive, Henrico County is planning for the future by creating an overlay zoning district and striving for a multimodal environment to ensure the area grows in a sustainable manner.
This plan evaluates the study area, retrieves community engagement, and makes recommendations on streetscape design and public transit improvements to create a multimodal Westwood. Study area observations provided evidence that the streets in Westwood need to be redesigned to accommodate more for pedestrians and cyclists. Community outreach in the form …
The Fourth District Police Station Plan, Zhaokai Liu
The Fourth District Police Station Plan, Zhaokai Liu
Master of Urban and Regional Planning Capstone Projects
The purpose of this plan is to identify potential police station sites and create design guidelines for the new police station for the Prince William County Police Department.
Myers Street Streetscape Plan, Nathan J. Manning
Myers Street Streetscape Plan, Nathan J. Manning
Master of Urban and Regional Planning Capstone Projects
The Scott’s Addition neighborhood in Richmond, Virginia has faced growing density and redevelopment as the neighborhood has become an appealing place to live, work, and play. Myers Street sits directly East from most of Scott’s Addition and has historically housed many industrial businesses. The street is rapidly transforming as many commercial/retail businesses are moving into the corridor. Streetscape redevelopment of the corridor will cause a need for complete streets infrastructure allowing the street to be a safe place for all people, urban design to provide visual aesthetics, and sustainable water runoff catchments to help displace stormwater to name just a …
Discover Joyce's Dublin By Reading And Running, Barry Sheehan
Discover Joyce's Dublin By Reading And Running, Barry Sheehan
Academic Articles
James Joyce told his friend Frank Budgen. “‘I want’ said Joyce, as we were walking down the Universitätstrasse, ‘to give a picture of Dublin so complete that if the city one day suddenly disappeared from the earth it could be reconstructed out of my book.’” (Budgen, 1960, p.67, 68).
This research looks at the relevance of Dublin to Joyce’s writings and to the relevance of Joyce’s writings to Dublin. It is concerned with the virtual Dublin of Joyce’s writings, the physical manifestation of Dublin over time, and the relationships between them.
Numerous scholars read and analyse the writings of Joyce …
Bilingual Typography: Study Of The Linguistic Landscape Of Jeddah, Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia, Shayna Tova Blum
Bilingual Typography: Study Of The Linguistic Landscape Of Jeddah, Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia, Shayna Tova Blum
Faculty and Staff Publications
Abstract: With the rise of globalization and the spread of Western culture across the globe, the use of English as an “international” language is often represented in bilingual and multilingual typographic signage. Throughout the Middle East North Africa and the Gulf region, the integration of Arabic and Latin letterforms is commonly viewed within the signage of storefronts, street signs, advertising billboards, and informational materials. This paper explores the use of bilingual/multilingual typography within the linguistic landscape of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Green Infrastructure Resource Directory, New England Environmental Finance Center
Green Infrastructure Resource Directory, New England Environmental Finance Center
Sustainable Communities Capacity Building
Green infrastructure is an approach for managing stormwater that uses vegetation and soils to capture and treat rainwater where it falls. Unlike single-purpose gray infrastructure, green infrastructure realizes multiple benefits at once, including flood mitigation, improved water and air quality, community beautification, provision of recreational opportunities, and energy and cost savings. This resource directory is intended to help communities design, implement, fund, and monitor green infrastructure practices and programs. It was compiled by the Environmental Finance Center Network through the Capacity Building for Sustainable Communities program funded by U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. …
Washington Park Main Street Plan, Benjamin Bergenholtz, Derek Dandurand, Valerie Fram, Tracy Jonsson, Kimberly Lindner, Carolyn Reid, D.J. Sevigny, Alexandra Skerry, Timothy Guimond, Brooke Kourafas, Elise Murphy, Matt Berry, Erik Butler, Kayla Nerone, Arnold Robinson, Jeremy Wells, Julie Coon, Joel Cooper
Washington Park Main Street Plan, Benjamin Bergenholtz, Derek Dandurand, Valerie Fram, Tracy Jonsson, Kimberly Lindner, Carolyn Reid, D.J. Sevigny, Alexandra Skerry, Timothy Guimond, Brooke Kourafas, Elise Murphy, Matt Berry, Erik Butler, Kayla Nerone, Arnold Robinson, Jeremy Wells, Julie Coon, Joel Cooper
Historic Preservation
There is an immense variety of privately owned businesses. They will be stakeholders because their businesses are located there, but they will also be assets in themselves in drawing people to the area. There is basically everything anyone could possible want or need in this area. There are two gas stations, a Family Dollar, a liquor store, a few sit down restaurants, numerous places where one can get a quick bite to eat, a frame shop, a clothing store, a pawn shop, a store with fresh produce (which is hard to find in urban areas), a store that sells sports …
Reclamation - An Eco-Industrial Park In Greenfield, Massachusetts, Sage W. Sluter
Reclamation - An Eco-Industrial Park In Greenfield, Massachusetts, Sage W. Sluter
Landscape Architecture & Regional Planning Honors Projects
Sustainable Industrial Design
Reclaiming a Brownfield in Greenfield, Massachusetts
Abstract:
For the senior capstone project at the University of Massachusetts, this student completed a conceptual site design project for the City of Greenfield. The City of Greenfield wishes to redevelop the Brownfield site, currently known as the Bendix Property, into an eco- industrial park. Working closely with the City’s officials, the student created a realistic vision for the site. After twenty years of soil and groundwater treatment, the site is ready to come back to life. The student investigated what an eco -industrial park is, and how the businesses cooperate …
Slides: Innovative Best Practices For The Western Slope: Stormwater Management Solutions And Philosophy For The Oil And Gas Industry, Kyle N. Schildt
Slides: Innovative Best Practices For The Western Slope: Stormwater Management Solutions And Philosophy For The Oil And Gas Industry, Kyle N. Schildt
Best Practices for Community and Environmental Protection (October 14)
Presenter: Kyle N. Schildt, P.E., LT Environmental, Inc.
12 slides
Slides: Lessons Learned From The Development And Implementation Of An Adaptive Management Plan At Three Hydropower Plants In Northeastern Washington State, Bob Dach
Best Management Practices and Adaptive Management in Oil and Gas Development (May 12-13)
Presenter: Bob Dach, Federal Activities Specialist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Mountain-Prairie Region, Lakewood, CO
11 slides
Slides: Pinedale Anticline Project Area: The Adaptive Management Process, Prill Mecham
Slides: Pinedale Anticline Project Area: The Adaptive Management Process, Prill Mecham
Best Management Practices and Adaptive Management in Oil and Gas Development (May 12-13)
Presenter: Prill Mecham, Pinedale BLM Field Manager
35 slides
Slides: Technologies To Reduce Methane Emissions From Natural Gas Production Activities, Roger Fernandez
Slides: Technologies To Reduce Methane Emissions From Natural Gas Production Activities, Roger Fernandez
Best Management Practices and Adaptive Management in Oil and Gas Development (May 12-13)
Presenter: Roger Fernandez, EPA Gas STAR Program
31 slides
Slides: Adaptive Management And Best Management Practices On The Southern Ute Indian Reservation, Bob Zahradnik
Slides: Adaptive Management And Best Management Practices On The Southern Ute Indian Reservation, Bob Zahradnik
Best Management Practices and Adaptive Management in Oil and Gas Development (May 12-13)
Presenter: Bob Zahradnik, Red Willow Production Company
38 slides