Urban Studies and Planning

Student work in the Urban Studies and Planning Program consists of individual research, collaboration with faculty members, class projects, and semester-long team studio projects. In the studio projects, students address a particular issue or problem facing a community by talking with stakeholders to clarify the nature of the problem, designing a research strategy, collecting and analyzing a range of information, and presenting an oral and written report containing analyses and recommendations. The locales of these studio projects have been both local (Washington, DC, and Baltimore and other jurisdictions in Maryland) and international (St. Petersburg, Russia, Capetown, South Africa and Mexico City).

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A Framework for Accessibility: Developing the Business Environment and Walkability of the Rhode Island Metro Neighborhoods

A New Community Identity: A plan for the Station North Arts and Entertainment District

A Transit-Oriented Development Plan for the Capitol Heights Metro Station

Affordable Housing in Takoma Park

An Analysis of the Transfer of Development Rights Program, Montgomery County Maryland

An Evaluation of Philippi Station and Nyanga Terminus: Public Spaces as Created by the Dignified Spaces Program, Cape Town, South Africa

Building Community: Jonestown, Albemarle Square and the Legacy of Flag House Courts

Creating Public Space for a Better Community: Langley Park, MD

Development in the Industrial Belt: Urban Planning in St. Petersburg, Russia

Exploring Growth Management Issues in the Bowie Planning Area of Prince George's County, MD

Housing and Economy in McGregor, South Africa