UMD Theses and Dissertations

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New submissions to the thesis/dissertation collections are added automatically as they are received from the Graduate School. Currently, the Graduate School deposits all theses and dissertations from a given semester after the official graduation date. This means that there may be up to a 4 month delay in the appearance of a given thesis/dissertation in DRUM.

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    Greenvale in East Riverdale - Urbanism inspired by Sustainable Community Acion
    (2021) Venkitaraman, Bhavishya; Noonan, Peter; Architecture; Digital Repository at the University of Maryland; University of Maryland (College Park, Md.)
    Greenvale, situated in East Riverdale is an Agrihood designed around three main ideas – community, sustainability, and wellness. This mixed-use development aims at creating an environmentally friendly neighborhood that remains relevant through ensuing climate change. The development seeks to bring equitable housing to the area in a manner that will incorporate economic growth in the form of jobs and affordable rents for its residents. It further seeks to preserve and enhance the existing diverse community through inclusive zoning, educational opportunities, and cultural programming. Through carbon reduction, storm water management, heat island mitigation and urban farming, the neighborhood models a contemporary method of incorporating mixed use developments in transit-oriented zones, giving the residents access to public modes of transportation, and connecting them across the DMV area. This thesis looks at how urban agricultural techniques might play a role in mitigating gentrification, while providing affordable and equitable housing, addressing climatic environmental change, considering integrated economic opportunities for communities facing displacement in the area and looks to model a seedling of change through the proposed development.
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    EXPERIENTIAL LANDSCAPE DESIGN FOR EDUCATION: OXON RUN PARK AS A REGIONAL EDUCATION RESOURCE
    (2019) Ferguson, Katherine; Chanse, Victoria; Plant Science and Landscape Architecture (PSLA); Digital Repository at the University of Maryland; University of Maryland (College Park, Md.)
    This design-research thesis explores the educational benefits of outdoor experiential learning for children, particularly in urban areas, and proposes a redesign of a 100-acre urban park to serve as an educational resource. This thesis first develops a theoretical framework based on research that nature can have restorative effects on attention that improve learning and behavior (Berman, Jonides, & Kaplan, 2008; Kaplan, 1995; Matsuoka, 2010). The focus of this thesis is Oxon Run Park located in Southeast Washington, DC. The proposed redesign includes educational spaces that can be visited and experienced by the local community or school classes, while focus areas at targeted locations concentrate educational resources that can enhance classroom learning. The research and redesign of Oxon Run Park addresses the question of how public spaces can be designed to serve as educational resources.