MPlan Independent Study Projects

Ashraf, Areej. "Technology Enabled Ridesourcing: An Examination of Regulatory Frameworks and Public Discourse in Canadian Municipalities."

Supervisor: Ahsan Habib

Boivin, Margareta. "Holistic Approaches in Canadian Provincial and Territorial Water Strategies."

Supervisor: Patricia Manuel.

Chen, Jia Jing. "A Lighting Assessment of Residential and Commercial Streets at Nighttime."

Supervisor: Eric Rapaport.

Clark, Kate. "Frederic H. Sexton: Voicing Reform Through Early Town Planning in Halifax."

Supervisor: Patricia Manuel.

Cordeiro, Dawn. "Assessing the Use of Direct Observation and Tactical Urbanism Methods Together as an Urban Design Tool: A Case Study of the Halifax Waterfront."

Supervisor: Eric Rapaport

Dedels, Craig. "Including the Rental Sector in Community Energy Planning: A Qualitative Study in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia."

Supervisor: Patricia Manuel.

Espeseth, David. "Equitable TOD in Halifax: Exploring Affordable Rental Housing Strategies and Partnerships in Transit-Oriented Development."

Full report:

Evans, Siobhan. "Assessing Halifax鈥檚 Inclusivity and Social Sustainability via Accessibility Plans and Policies."

Supervisor: Mikiko Terashima.

Genee, Jason. "Evaluating the Effects of Sea Level Rise on Coastal Public Land Within the Municipality of the District of Lunenburg."

Supervisor: Eric Rapaport.

Gerrior, Michael. "Defining the Nova Scotia Intervale Habitat: An Assessment of the Roman Valley River System.

Supervisor: John Zuck.

Lemphers, Ben. "Barriers and Opportunity: A Meta-analysis of Affordable Rental Housing in Canada."

Full report:

Markides, Chris. "Visualizing Accessibility on the Halifax Waterfront."

Supervisor: Mikiko Terashima.

McCarthy, Stephen. "Investigation of Well-Being, Travel Behaviour, Built Environment, and Lifestyle Preferences."

Supervisor: Ahsan Habib

Robertson, Cameron MacDuff. "Representation of Sea Level Rise and Extreme Hazard on the Halifax Waterfront."

Supervisor: Eric Rapaport

Salah, Adriane. "Closing Gaps and Opening Doors: A Study of the Changing Capacity of the Non-Profit Housing Sector in HRM."

Full report:

Shirtliff, Hannah. "The Monitoring and Evaluation of Alternative Energy Plans in Canadian Municipalities."

Supervisor: Patricia Manuel

Totten, Anne. "Smart Growth Success Story? Commercial Redevelopment in Halifax鈥檚 North End."

Supervisor: Mikiko Terashima.

Winder, Haley. "Smart Growth: A False Cognitive."

Supervisor: Mikiko Terashima.

Barker, Melissa. "Green Space Allocation: Population Demand of Green Space on the Halifax Peninsula."

Supervisor: John Zuck.

Bercu, Sarah. "Spatial Accessibility to Family Physicians Providing Mental Health Services in Nova Scotia."

Supervisor: Mikiko Terashima.

Bray, Jonathan. "Discovering Dartmouth North's Community Food Assets and the Barriers to Reaching Them."

Supervisor: Mikiko Terahsima.

Client: Dartmouth North End Community Centre.

Craig, Sarah. "A Practical Streetscape Improvement Guide for Quinpool Road."

Supervisor: Frank Palermo.

Client: Quinpool Road and Mainstreet Business Association.

Dalton, Meaghan. "Redevelopment: Working For or Against Affordable Housing?"

Supervisors: Jill Grant, Ren Thomas.

Derksen, Janelle. "Perceptions of Rooming Houses in Halifax and the Role of Regulatory Intervention."

Supervisor: Jill Grant.

Fine, Adam. "Tearing up Downtown Dartmouth: How Changes to the Street Layout Have Affected Pedestrian Connectivity".

Supervisor: Ren Thomas

Gnemmi, Joseph. "The Halifax Armoury: An Assessment of Value in the Crown."

Supervisor: Frank Palermo

Grant, Genise. "Mitigation of Construction Disruption: A Review of Construction Mitigation Approaches During Rapid Transit Construction in Four Canadian Cities."

Supervisor: Eric Rapaport.

Kuhn, Penelope. "Opportunities for Improving Human and Ecosystem Health Through Recreation in Nature."

Supervisor: John Zuck.

Low, Scott. "The Dilemma of Dispersion: Barriers to Smart Growth and Recentralization in Halifax Suburbs."

Supervisor: Jill Grant.

Mane, Aditi. "Interpretation Background Study: Long Lake Provincial Park, Halifax, NS."

Supervisor: John Zuck

McKay, Sandy. "Third-Wave Neoliberalism in Theory and Practice: A Case Study of the Halifax Centre Plan."

Supervisor: Frank Palermo.

Nicoll, Elizabeth. "Planning Policy and the Implications for Built Heritage: A Case Study of Halifax, NS."

Supervisor: Frank Palermo.

O鈥橠ette, Nicholas. "Coordinating Plans in Canadian City-Regions: Implications and Opportunities for Small Town and Rural Communities."

Supervisor Jill Grant.

Rischmann, Friederike. "Analysis of Aging in Community in Halifax: Does the Concept of Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities Help Urban Planners to Identify Local Factors for Aging-in-Community?"

Supervisor: Mikiko Terashima.

Scanlan Dickie, Andrew. "E-Halifax: The Distribution of e-commerce on Halifax's Commercial Streets."

Supervisor: Frank Palermo.

Scory, Stirling. "A Lighting Assessment of AV俱乐部's Sexton Campus at Night."

Supervisor: Eric Rapaport.

Shah, Saira. "Pedestrian Lives Matter."

Supervisor: Ren Thomas.

Thompson, Cameron. "Development Compliance in Downtown Halifax: Understanding Who Benefits from Municipally-Supported Variance Activity."

Supervisor: Frank Palermo.

Zukowski, Jordan. "Evaluating Canadian Municipal Energy and Climate Mitigation Plans: Content Analysis and Potential for Effectiveness in Small and Mid-Sized Canadian Communities."

Supervisor: Patricia Manuel.

Clarke, Angele. "Waste Disposal Facility Siting in Nova Scotia: Opportunities to Increase Procedural Equity."

Supervisor: Mikiko Terashima.

Davidson, Timothy. "Completing Agricola: A Complete Streets Design for Agricola."

Supervisor: Frank Palermo.

Feng, Mia. "Planning for Solar Energy in Halifax Neighbourhoods."

Supervisor: Eric Rapaport.

Grant, R. "Affordable Housing in Nova Scotia's South Shore: A Policy Toolkit for Lunenburg and Queens."

Supervisor: John Zuck.

Client: South Shore Housing Action Coalition.

Guo, Yanan. "Assessing Walkability for Seniors Around Northwood and the Berkley Gladstone Seniors鈥� Homes."

Supervisor: Mikiko Terashima.

Harper, Ian. "Grow Together or Sprawl Apart: How Professional Planners Perceive Regional Growth Management Strategies in the Alberta Capital Region, Metro Vancouver, and the Greater Toronto Area."

Supervisor: Jill Grant.

Hinton, Caitlin. "A Story Map of Africville."

Supervisor: Mikiko Terashima.

Jackson, Eliza. "The Blue Route: Principles for Encouraging Cycle Tourism in Nova Scotia."

Supervisor: Frank Palermo.

Jellicoe, Sara. "Transit Infrastructure Indicators in Nova Scotia: Estimates of Baseline Data for the Ten Most Populous Municipalities."

Supervisor: Ahsan Habib.

Khayambashi, Samira. "Spring Garden Road: A Social Space."

Supervisor: Frank Palermo.

Matheson, Spencer. "Estimating Nova Scotia's Fuel Consumption and Vehicle Emissions: An Accounting Approach Utilizing Local Level Data."

Supervisor: Ahsan Habib.

O鈥橰eilly, Doolin. "Assessing Wheelchair Accessibility on Spring Garden Road, Halifax."

Supervisors: Patricia Manuel and Mikiko Terashima.

Papineau, Jake. "Assessing Sustainable Building Technologies from a First Nations Perspective: Community Plans as an Analysis Tool."

Supervisor: Frank Palermo.

Sedigh, Mina. "Development Plan: St. Patrick's Alexandra School Site, Halifax, NS."

Supevisor: Frank Palermo.

Simic, Colin. "Assessing and Visualizing Sea Level Rise, Floods, and Associated Vulnerabilities: A Case Study of Waterfronts in Halifax, Dartmouth and Bedford."

Supervisor: Eric Rapaport.

Smith, Dylan. Evaluation of Pedestrian Networks Indicators: A Graph Theory Approach."

Supervisor: Ahsan Habib.

Walker, Kaitlyn. "Improving Accessibility on Gottingen Street for People with Visual Impairments."

Supervisors: Patricia Manuel and Mikiko Terashima.

Wheeler, Christina. "Leadership, Coordination, and Power in Three Public Administrations: Halifax, Edmonton, and Vancouver."

Supervisor: Jill Grant.

Abujaber, Fahed. "Towards a Walkable Heritage Landscape."

Full report:

Clarke, Christina. "Missing Link? Understanding the Role of Municipalities in Species at Risk Management."

Full report:

Dayler, Zachary. "The Halifax Planning and Design Centre: Charting a Strategic Path."

Full report:

Dill, Jesse. "Tools to Support British Columbia Local Government Climate Change Mitigation Policy."

Full report:

Douglas, Todd. "HRMbyDesign: Media coverage of a planning process."

Full report:

Kronstal, Karin. "A Place for Everyone: A Formative Evaluation of the Halifax Regional Municipality Immigration Action Plan."

Full report:

McBeath, Chris. "Home Zones: Shared Streets in Halifax."

Full report:

McGinnis, Gillian. "Urban-Rural Edge Area Nuisance Mitigation Strategies in Kings County, Nova Scotia."

Full report:

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."

Full report:

Paterson, Marcus. "Slum Clearance in Halifax: the Role of Gordon Stephenson."

Full report:

Piorkowski, Theresa. "Natural Burials in HRM: A Sustainable Alternative to the Modern Cemetery."

Full report:

Sharifi, Nahal. "Site Analysis and Design Program for Iona Park."

Full report:

Sim, Lauralee. "Alternative Transportation in Fundy National Park."

Full report:

Zureck, Brian. "Evaluating Implementation of the Integrated Community Sustainability Plan for Shelburne, Nova Scotia."

Full report:

Ivanic, Erika. "Greening Suburbia? The Environmental Agenda of New Urbanism and Smart Growth."

Full report:

Murphy, Jeremy. The Viability of Converting Public Housing Projects to Tenant-Managed Housing in Spryfield.

Full report:

Green, Peter. "Coastal Access in Nova Scotia."

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