GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH
Search or browse through research completed by MLA graduates at the University of Manitoba. Our goal is to create a collective research database for all Landscape Architecture programs across Canada.
An indigenous knowledge garden, an urban teaching garden for the preservation of indigenous environmental knowledge
Moors, Allan D.
1998-10-01
The overriding intent of this practicum is to develop an urban teaching garden that will facilitate the instruction of Indigenous knowledge. The environmental knowledge of Indigenous people, locally and globally, is rooted in the natural world. These are valid knowledge systems that can inform social reform, development practices, and environmental . . .
Greenspace enhancement in agro-Manitoba communities
Holweger, Ute Elisabeth
1998-08-01
This study looks at how agro-Manitoba communities are adapting to these changes in order to accommodate some of the current social, environmental and economic trends. Some of the recent initiatives within these communities include rails-to-trails, urban walkways, and habitat conservation and restoration. Agro-Manitoba communities are finding that t . . .
Structuring territory, designing for human contact and comfort : a cohousing community proposal for North Point Douglas, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Johnson, Scott Albert
1998-08-01
"Cohousing" may well become the most significant new form of housing in the 1990s. The conditions from which cohousing arises are widespread: declining household size, social isolation, the demise of the extended family, changing gender roles, and problems of social justice and resource consumption. None of these conditions is just a passing phase . . .
Order, chaos, and the city, space and urban form into the twenty-first century
Paskvalin, Jadranka
1998-07-01
This thesis endeavours to: (1) discuss the issues of the "lived world" defined in social, environmental, political and economic terms, and how they affect cities; (2) understand how current urban theories approach these issues; and (3) offer reformulations of what urban theory can do, and to promote a new way of thinking and looking at cities. The . . .
The edge, a floating neighborhood, an exploration into the phenomena of float home living
Altin, Dolores R.
1998-05-01
The following study is an exploration into the nature of float home living as a cultural phenomena which is regaining popularity on the west coast of British Columbia, Canada. The main objective of this study is to identify the environmental and cultural attractions that inspire people to choose float home living. The study is based on original res . . .
A landscape database integrating photographic virtual reality
Zajac, Michael
1998-05-01
Methods for representing a landscape using computer databases have almost universally suffered from several shortcomings. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and related types of mapping systems are expensive and difficult to use. They require a specialist's knowledge of cartography and mapping systems, and often need an operator to have extensive . . .