Master of Urban and Rural Planning Thesis Abstracts

Theses completed by Master of Urban and Rural Planning candidates since 1998 are listed below. Aditional abstracts will be added as they become available.

2002

Tracy Bealing, "Using a Social Action Theory of Participatory Design to Facilitate Empowerment in Public Housing Developments"

Ben Black, "Student Housing in University Towns: A Case Study of Sackville, New Brunswick"

Delaine Clyne, "Planning and Schools: School Closures and the Re-use of Surplus Schools in Halifax Retional Municipality"

Stephen Deveaux:, "Inter-Regional Transportation: An Investigation into HOV Lanes and Busways, and their Potential for the Greater Toronto Area"

Graham Fisher, "Kings County Nova Scotia: A Role for municipal Planning in the Protection of Surface Water Resources"

Jennifer Healey, "Suburban Connection and Identity"

Stefan Hoddinott, "Wiping it off: An Examination of Halifax Graffiti, and Prospective Preventative Techniques"

Ian MacDougall, "The Comparative Advantages of Open Space Development Design: MacIntosh Run Development Proposal: A Case Study"

David Mitchell, "Searching for an Alternative to Urban Swprawl on the Coastline of HRM: Learning from the Village of Prospect"

Patrick Moan, "On the Ground: Removing Barriers to Smart Growth Development at the Local level"

Mark Neill, "City of Abbotsford: Establishing Greenways Criteria"

Katarzyna Tota, "Can place-based collaborative planning work between First Nations and Local Governments in Nova Scotia? Defining the context and learning from other places"

Lucy Trull, "Making Connections: An exploration of water transit in the Bedford Basin"

2001

Ronald Barr, "Planning and Urban Design Strategies for Addressing Stationary Noise Related Problems"

Sonja Brynelsen, "Multi-modal Transportation Planning. Lessons Learned from Mountain Resort Municipalities"

Keith Craig, "Siting Wireless Communication Facilities in Halifax Regional Municipality: Issues and Guidelines"

Orenda O'Brien Davis, "Case Study of Factors related to the success of Affordable Housing Organizations in North Bay, Ontario"

Laurelea Lutes DeAngelo, "Aging in Place: Integrating Senior's Housing Needs into a Community Plan"

Joan Parsons Doehler, "Scotia Square, Its Impact on the Downtown Core"

Heather Fairbairn, "Sustainability for Women-in-Need: Making the Transition to Market Housing"

Anne Hutton, "The Olympic Games: Lessons for Future Host Cities"

Scott Jones, "Planning for Wildlife: Evaluating creek daylighting as a means of urban conservation"

Samantha Murphy, "Rural Planning and Community Development in Prince Edward Island"

Holly Richardson, "Using Design Standards to Protect the Form and Function of East Hants Commercial Centers"

Paul Sampson, "Reinvigorating the Urban Heart: Directions for Revitalizing downtown Barrington Street, Halifax Regional Municipality"

2000

Denise Carbol, "An Ecosystem-Based Regional Strategy for Natural Heritage Protection"

Patricia Collingwood, "The Impact of Transportation Planning on Transportation Equity in Toronto, Ontario, and Detroit, Michigan"

Beth Jo-Ann Lewis, "Using the Internet as a Planning Tool in Public Participation"

Holly Richardson, "Using Design Standards to Protect the Form and Function of East Hants Commercial Centers"

Darren G. Todd, "Towards Smart Growth: Examining the Implications of Redeveloping Urban Brownfield Sites"

Xiaolin Tu, "Using GIS to Enhance Information Communication in a Public Participation Planning Process"

Louise Van Wart, "Testing the Limits: An Examination of Family Housing Affordability in Nova Scotia"

Gregory O. Zwicker, "The Neighbourhood Concept and its Relevance in Contemporary Planning"

1999

Ihab El Badawy, "The Role of Planning in Promoting Safer Communities"

James Thomas Charlebois, "Planning and Design: The Essential Relationship. The Role and Purpose of Physical Design in the Planning Profession"

Terri Donia, "Diversity as the Key to Vitality: A Test"

Peter Ewert, "Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design: Maintaining a Safe and Clean Environment in the Downtown"

Lyle Samuel Goldberg, "The Role of Information Technology in Rural Development: A Case Study of Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia"

Tara N. Ibrahim, "Small Lot Housing: Practice in Search of a Theory"

Joseph Lilly, "Municipal Planning for Natural Hazards: What is the Best Approach?"

Andrew MacDonald, "Fisherman's Cove Waterfront Development: Rejuvenating Community Identity"

Darryl Soshycki, "Rethinking Urban Rooftops" (Canadian Institute of Planners Award for Best Thesis, 1999)

Howard A. Trynor, "Creation of an Environmental Evaluation Process for Municipal Development Applications that fall Under the Development Agreement Process"

Jennifer Lynn Whissell, "Community Involvement in Recreation Trail Planning: Success through a Best Practices Approach"

Rossalyn Workman, "Business Food Chain, A New Tool for Planning"

1998

Laura Altenhof, "Policy Options for Local Government Regarding Big Box Retailing"

Dawn Bambrick, "Altering the Modern Retail Landscape Through Design: A Closer Look at Retail Parks"

David George Berney, "Scenic Resource Protection and the District Municipality of Muskoka"

Dong Cao, "Development of New Urban Space in China in the 1990s: Foreign Property Investment in the Emerging Market Economy"

Christopher J.B. Clibbon, "Retirement-based Developments as a Stimulus to Economic Activity in Rural Nova Scotia"

Patricia May Cuttell, "Increasing Community Capacity in Coastal Zone Management: Steps Toward Integrated Resource Planning"

Alan Dillabough, "Historic District Designation: Lower Princess Street, Kingston, Ontario"

Albert Ian Duff, "The Planning and Management of On-Site Communal Septic Treatment Systems to Support Clustered Rural Residential Development

John K. C. Ingram, "When Cities Grow Wild: Natural Landscaping from an Urban Planning Perspective"

Robert A. Lawrance, "Defining and Protecting Cultural and Heritage Tourism Authenticity in Rural Nova Scotia"

Robert G. Lipka, "Retrofitting Older Suburbs to Better Accommodate Our Growing Elderly Population"

Michael John Muir, "Preparing for the Information Age: The Impact of Information Technology on Cities and Planners"

Cordell M. Paiement, "The Identification and Assessment of Municipal Watershed Planning Opportunities in Nova Scotia"

Grenville Walter Phillips, "Appropriate Post-clusure Uses for Limestone Quarries in Barbados"

Douglas Reid, "Forest Policy and Rural Landownership in Nova Scotia"

Jose Reyes, "Public Transit and People with Disabilities: A Comparative Approach for the Halifax Regional Municipality"

Carla Bing Wo, "Searching for the Spirit of Place"

Revised 15 March 2006