Browsing Department of Geography and Planning Graduate Projects by Title
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Poverty in post-war suburbs: are households doing better or worse?
(2014-09-09)This report explores the shift of low income households form older pre-war housing stock into post-war periods of construction. The shift is explored by identifying four periods of construction and using period of construction ... -
Programming and Services for Youth in North Kingston Parks: A Community Assessment
(2013-05-15)This study addresses the programming and service needs of children and youth in the Rideau Heights and Marker’s Acres neighbourhoods of Kingston, Ontario. A brief document review of community needs and assets showed that ... -
Public Power in the Planning Process: an Evaluation of Access, Deliberation, and Accountability in the Decision-Making Processes used to Create the Lansdowne Partnership Plan
(2011-08-25)Public Power in the Planning Process is a discussion of the decision-making process used in the creation of the Lansdowne Partnership Plan, which deals with the redevelopment of an urban park in Ottawa. It analyses three ... -
Pushing the Boundaries: Examining the Role of Advisory Committees in Fringe Planning, A Kelowna Case Study
(2011-09-26)This report examines the role of Agricultural Advisory Committees in Kelowna, BC as a tool for mitigating urban and rural land use conflict. -
Putting the Brake on Minimum Parking Requirements: Exploring Minimum Parking Requirements and Policy Alternatives in Barrie, Ontario
(2013-05-06)When we look to the parking lots that cover our suburban cities empty spaces scatter the landscape. Minimum Parking Requirements (MPRs) are said to be responsible for this oversupply of parking, requiring developers to ... -
Rails of Change: The Hickson Trail Cultural Heritage Landscape Study
(2011-06-28)This study presents a cultural heritage landscape assessment of the Hickson Trail. A former railway corridor and associated commercial/industrial node in the Village of Hickson, Ontario have been identified by the author ... -
Recommended Best Practices Regarding Natural Heritage Protection in the County of Peterborough
(2012-08-28)This report provides a review of best practices regarding natural heritage protection and lake planning. Recommendations are provided to the County of Peterborough to consider during the 2013 Official Plan review process. -
Redesign of Shannon and Headway Parks; Improving Their Accessibility, Amenities, and Facilities
(2014-04-30)This report provides an analysis and makes recommendations for improvement to the accessibility and physical features of Shannon and Headway parks in Rideau Heights, Kingston, Ontario. The purpose of this report is to ... -
Regulating Urban Residential Development on Private Road: An Ontario Case Study of Four Municipalities
(2020-05-19)This report will show that planning academics and the Province of Ontario’s Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (MMAH) have raised several concerns about residential development on private roads. In the years since, ... -
Retrofitting for sustainability: Assessing the sprawl repair potential of three commercial centres in Hamilton, Ontario
(2015-10-08)Conventional suburban development has created car-oriented, socially isolating and environmentally unsustainable places. Transforming them into livable, accessible, and sustainable places is a critical challenge facing ... -
Revitalizing the Beachway Park: Recommendations for Improving the Waterfront Trail along the shores of Burlington, Ontario
(2015-10-20)This report aims at understanding how urban design features can be used to help create more livable and beautiful waterfront areas by focusing on the design of the Waterfront Trail running through Beachway Park in ... -
Rise of Rental: Encouraging the Development of Purpose-Built Rental Apartments Across Vancouver and Toronto
(2016-04-27)Since the mid-1980s the development of purpose-built rental housing has decreased significantly in favour of condominium development in major Canadian cities. One third of Canadians are renters, however, less than 10 per ... -
The Role of Business Improvement Areas in Community Economic Development: An exploratory study of BIAs in Toronto
(2019-05)Business improvement areas (BIAs) has been a widely utilized tool by municipalities to tackle a range of community issues and support economic revitalization. The purpose of this study was to asses whether their role in ... -
Rural Housing Affordability: a Location-Based Investigation of the Characteristics of Those Experiencing Housing Affordability Problems in Ontario
(2013-11-19)This report explores locational differences in the incidence of those experiencing housing affordability problems between 1991 and 2001 in Ontario. Three variables were created for this purpose using publicly available ... -
Safer Stops: Increasing Public Perceptions of Safety through Bus Stop Design in the City of Greater Sudbury
(2019-04)In recent years, various surveys of transit riders in North America have ranked safety as one of the highest priorities at bus stops. This concern over the safety of bus stops could have detrimental effects to ridership ... -
School Closures & Community Hubs: Examining Livability in Ontario through School Closures and the Community Hub Framework
(2017-02-22)This report explores the issue of public school closures in Ontario, and the viability of the Province’s recently introduced Community Hub model to address some of the problems associated with school closures. The findings ... -
Second to None: Secondary Suites and Affordable Housing for Seniors in Kingston, Ontario
(2015-04-14)EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Canadian cities are facing a housing crisis, as the cost of homeownership and rental rates are increasing beyond the affordability of many Canadians. As the number of purpose-built rental units has ...