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MPlan Independent Study Projects

Second year Master of Planning students conduct original research as individuals in the fall semester. You can browse the titles and where possible, the full reports and executive summaries.

2017

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

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

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

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

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."

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2016

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?"

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

Scory, Stirling. "A Lighting Assessment of Dalhousie's Sexton Campus at Night."

Shah, Saira. "Pedestrian Lives Matter."

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

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

2015

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

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

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

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

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

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."

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

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

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

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

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

O’Reilly, Doolin. "Assessing Wheelchair Accessibility on Spring Garden Road, Halifax."

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

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

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

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

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

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

2009

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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."

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

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

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

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

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

2008

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

2006

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

2004

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

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