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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    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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    Analysis and Scenario Planning for Fairland and Briggs Chaney, Maryland
    (Partnership for Action Learning in Sustainability (PALS), 2021) Van Allen, Max; Gaunaurd, Pierre; Johnson, Nicholas; Kotzker, Sophie; Luna, Alondra; Reitman, Carter; Trowell, Khayla; von Stetten, Tim; Woldu, Marta; Irazabal, Clara
    This report is the output of the Fall 2021 Urban Studies and Planning studio at the University of Maryland, College Park. Through the Partnership for Action Learning in Sustainability (PALS), our class partnered with Montgomery County’s Planning Department to provide a planning sector analysis and scenario plans to aid in the development of the new Fairland and Briggs Chaney Master Plan, which is organized and guided by the draft general plan for the county, Thrive Montgomery 2050. The scope of work included analysis of existing conditions within the plan boundaries and the provision of three scenario plans ranging from no change to high levels of change. We concentrated our attention within three thematic areas of emphasis: climate change adaptation and mitigation, economic and community development, and housing. Moreover, our central guiding principle for this project was justice; it informs everything we present here, and we hope that our work will contribute to its achievement. The report is organized into two major parts. In part I, in analysis of existing conditions, we cover a wide range of planning topics, including the history of the plan-area and special considerations related to our thematic areas of emphasis. In Part II, we present three scenarios of alternative futures for the plan-area: status quo, reform, and revolution.
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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.