Partnership for Action Learning in Sustainability (PALS)

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The Partnership for Action Learning in Sustainability (PALS) is administered by the National Center for Smart Growth at the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD). It is a campus-wide initiative that harnesses the expertise of UMD faculty and the energy and ingenuity of UMD students to help Maryland communities become more environmentally, economically, and socially sustainable. PALS is designed to provide innovative, low-cost assistance to local governments while creating real-world problem-solving experiences for University of Maryland graduate and undergraduate students.

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Author: search.filters.author.Bardsley, JesseSubject: search.filters.subject.Sustainability

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    Developing a Bicycle Network Map for Prince George's County
    (Partnership for Action Learning in Sustainability (PALS), 2022) Abban, John; Luna, Alondra; Gaunaurd, Pierre; Bardsley, Jesse; DelMonico, Jeffrey; Franklin, Kristen; Johnson, Nicholas; Mitchell, Caitlyn; Woldu, Marta; Spaniol, Matthew; Bernish, Andrew
    A class of Urban Planning and Geography students use county data to categorize every road in Prince George's county and assign it a stress value for bikers. Working with PG Planning and the local Vision Zero team, the GIS application depicts every county road color-coated with bike difficulty.
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    GIS Youth Sports Facilities Map Application
    (Partnership for Action Learning in Sustainability (PALS), 2021) Bardsley, Jesse; Johnson, Nicholas; Luna, Alondra; Jones, Asia; Gaunaurd, Pierre; Nkwantabisah, Pamela Owusu; Whiteheart, Rachel; Abban, John; Bernish, Andrew
    A class of Urban Planning and Geography students comb through county data to create a GIS application that maps all baseball and softball fields in Prince George's County.
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    Pawndering Dog Parks for Prince George's County Parks
    (Partnership for Action Learning in Sustainability (PALS), 2022) Abban, John; Abe, Danielle; Abel, Paul; Asamoah, Heather; Bardsley, Jesse; Cargill, Christina "Winnie"; Dyson, Katharine; Farieta, Maria Fernanda; Gebru, Dominique; Hackman, Michael; Jones, Asia Vernai'; Kaku, Upasana; Kaushik, Redowan Kabir; Madden, Maureen; Mekonnen, Elizabeth; Melmed, Andrew; Nkwantabisah, Pamela Owusu; Ripley, Benjamin; Santana, Ariana; Seyedebrahimi, Ebrahim ; Van Allen, Max; Velasquez, Deisy; Whiteheart, Rachel; Thomas, Louis L.
    Over the Spring 2022 semester, students investigated this topic while learning the skills associated with qualitative planning research. The researchers used methods that included archive and document analysis, environmental/behavioral and participant observation, soundscape and video documentation, critical cartography, and interviews. This study aimed to better understand how dog parks are used and the report makes recommendations for how to best design and locate dog parks to ensure their success. Questions of community, access, and equity were central to this inquiry. Seven case study sites were selected to examine a variety of park types, including variations in design, scale, location (urban/suburban), ecology (slope/stormwater issues, etc.), and material (grass/synthetic).