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Item Engaging High Street, Chestertown MD(Partnership for Action Learning in Sustainability (PALS), 2020) Fann, Audrey; Martin, Bryn; Moody, Kelsey; Ren, Xiaojin; Savio, Hannah; Stokes, Bridget; Myers, DavidLandscape architecture masters students explore the rational site design process at selected project scales with the utilization of GIS as the primary tool. The primary goal of the Chestertown Streetscape Project is to assess the current selected streetscape and offer alternatives with two primary objectives: the reduction of utility lines, and activation of sense of place even with Covid-19 protocols in place. Existing planning documents and design studies are gathered and reported out to understand the context of Chestertown. Students then put forward updated renditions of Chestertown Maryland’s central boulevard, High Street.Item A Study into the Application of Occupational Therapy Theoretical Framework in a Public Space Design for Kirkwood Neighborhood Park(2022) Moody, Kelsey; Sullivan, Jack; Plant Science and Landscape Architecture (PSLA); Digital Repository at the University of Maryland; University of Maryland (College Park, Md.)The discipline of landscape architecture and the profession of occupational therapy both aim to improve the quality of life for people and communities by removing environmental barriers for people in their everyday lives and increasing the compatibility of people with the environments they occupy. This is especially important in urban environments, where there are a multitude of barriers to green space and natural elements, including accessibility, safety, and proximity. All people, regardless of age, ability, demographic, or location, deserve access to environments that improve health and wellbeing. By working with occupational therapy practitioners in an interdisciplinary context to integrate the foundational goals of occupational therapy in design, landscape architects can create environments that improve health and wellbeing in ways that target the user group to promote engagement in meaningful activities. By doing so, landscape architects have the capacity to improve health for individuals and communities on a micro-level, while also addressing macro-level issues of environmental and occupational justice to provide accessible spaces that allow people to participate in ways that are personally meaningful to them. This research design thesis focuses on user-centered design to create a public space for the community surrounding Kirkwood Neighborhood Park, located in Hyattsville, MD.Item Tree Planting in Prince George’s County, Maryland: Case Studies and Benefits Assessment in Four Parks(Partnership for Action Learning in Sustainability (PALS), 2019) Allen, Tobias; Allsopp, Millie; Burkhardt, Ian; Ebinama, Nnamdi; Escobar, Antonio; Kisakye, Ian; Martin, Bryn; Moody, Kelsey; Pajaro, Heyner; Ren, Xiaojin; Rodrigo, Karisha; Rosales, Ante; Santaella, Diego; Savio, Hannah; Serra, Lucia; Steinthal, Caitlin; Stokes, Bridget; Wellnitz, Shane; Wilke, Audrey; Myers, David N.The benefits of trees and forests and the ecosystems services that they provide is well documented. Ecosystems services include carbon sequestration, stormwater retention, water pollution reduction, air pollution retention and others. In addition, tree planting efforts provide numerous social benefits including improvement of community cohesion, increase in social capital, and environmental stewardship and education. In order to provide a greater understanding of tree planting efforts and assessing tree benefits locally, two major project components were undertaken: 1) the research and documentation using case studies of individual tree planting efforts, and 2) assessment of benefits of recent and proposed trees for four selected parks in Prince George’s county.