Student Projects

A variety of projects are undertaken at the School of Planning, depending upon community needs and students′ interests. Students have the opportunity to involve themselves in planning or design projects and work directly with a community on a variety of planning related issues.

Second year Master of Planning students conduct original research as individuals in the fall semester, and as teams in the winter semester.

Bachelor of Community Design Honours Students conduct group projects in the fall semester, and individual projects in the winter semester.

You can view some of our work through the following pages.
Please note that the downloads are large files in .pdf format:

• Abujaber, Fahed. "Towards a Walkable Heritage Landscape." Master of Planning thesis, 2009. Executive summary also available.
  
  
• Amaratunga, Seela, and Heather Chisholm, Amber Ellis, Elizabeth Gillin, Karen Neville, Johathan Paczkowski. "Debert Eco-Industrial Park." Environmental Planning Studio, 2005.
  
  
• Anderson, Sarah, and Lynda Sooriyakumaran, Mark TeKamp, Jason Naug, Tonya Crawford, Kate Thompson, Lei Gong, Krista Koval, Heather Charest. "Climate Change in the Halifax Regional Municipality." A brief prepared for the Regional Planning Committee. Special Project Studio, 2003.
  
  
• Brown, Graeme. "Myers Point Co-Housing." Master of Planning Studio 2 report, 2008.
  
  
• Buckley, Adrian, and Erica Chisholm-Keith, Shawn MacDonald, Natalie Seniuk, Jesse Sparks. "Keppoch - Beaver Mountain Recreation Area." Environmental Planning Studio, 2007.
  
  
• Carson, Leah and Crispin Smith, Alison Walker, Jeremy Murphy, Stephanie Bohdanow. "Union Street Development Concept, Annapolis Royal." Master of Planning team project presentation, 2006.
  
  
• Chisholm, Leanne and Chad Manley, William Martin, Clara Stewart-Robinson, Nathan Rogers, Stephan Tremblay. "Conservation-Based Land Use Plan for the Walton Clay Plain." Environmental Planning Studio, 2007.
  
  
• Clarke, Christina. "Missing Link? Understanding the Role of Municipalities in Species at Risk Management." Master of Planning thesis, 2009. Executive summary also available.
• Dayler, Zachary. "The Halifax Planning and Design Centre: Charting a Strategic Path." Master of Planning thesis, 2009. Executive Summary also available.
  
  
• Dill, Jesse. "Tools to Support British Columbia Local Government Climate Change Mitigation Policy." Master of Planning thesis, 2009. Executive Summary also available.
  
  
• Douglas, Todd. "HRMbyDesign: Media coverage of a planning process." Master of Planning thesis, 2009. Executive Summary also available.
  
  
• Green, Peter. "Coastal Access in Nova Scotia." Master of Planning thesis, 2004.
  
  
• Ivanic, Erika. "Greening Suburbia? The Environmental Agenda of New Urbanism and Smart Growth." Master of Planning Thesis, 2008.
  
  
• Kronstal, Karin. "A Place for Everyone: A Formative Evaluation of the Halifax Relgional Municipality Immigration Action Plan." Master of Planning thesis, 2009. Executive Summary also available.
  
  
• McBeath, Chris. "Home Zones: Shared Streets in Halifax. " Master of Planning thesis, 2009. Executive Summary also available.
  
  
• McGinnis, Gillian. "Urban-Rural Edge Area Nuisance Mitigation Strategies in Kings County, Nova Scotia." Master of Planning thesis, 2009. Executive Summary also available.
  
  
• Murphy, Jeremy. The Viability of Converting Public Housing Projects to Tenant-Managed Housing in Spryfield. Master of Planning Thesis, 2006.
  
  
• O'Connor, Ann. "Measuring Progress in Plan Implementation: Creating an Evaluation Framework for the Implementation of a Secondary Planning Strategy in Prt Williams, Kings County, Nova Scotia." Master of Planning thesis, 2009. Executive Summary also available.
  
  
• Paterson, Marcus. "Slum Clearance in Halifax: the Role of Gordon Stephenson." Master of Planning thesis, 2009. Executive Summary also available.
  
  
• Piorkowski, Theresa. "Natural Burials in HRM: A Sustainable Alternative to the Modern Cemetery." Master of Planning thesis, 2009. Executive Summary also available.
  
  
• Sandy Lake Project. Environmental Planning Studio and Rural Planning Studio, 2001-2002.
  
  
• Sharifi, Nahal. "Site Analysis and Design Program for Iona Park." Master of Planning thesis, 2009. Executive Summary also available.
  
  
• Sim, Lauralee. "Alternative Transportation in Fundy National Park." Master of Planning thesis, 2009. Executive Summary also available.
  
  
• Zureck, Brian. "Evaluating Implementation of the Integrated Community Sustainability Plan for Shelburne, Nova Scotia." Master of Planning thesis, 2009. Executive Summary also available.
  
  

Revised 22 February 2010