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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.

A working context for interpretation of tallgrass prairie remnants

Cowan, James Clews

1981

The practicum is a case study on tallgrass prairie vegetation which compares a computer-aided approach to interpretation with a manual approach. Seventy-eight criteria useful in interpreting tallgrass prairie were identified for four user groups: the native people, the immigrants, ecologists, and environmental engineers. These resource-based criter . . .

A guide to comprehensive rehabilitation planning for pit mining regions

Bailey, Brian D.

1981

The central purpose of this practicum is to promote such comprehensive mining and rehabilitation programs. It is recognized that the agencies and individuals who are in the best position to undertake such programs may not be readily familiar with the issues and problems involved. Consequently this study has been structured as an information manual, . . .

A self-guided interpretation system for the Riding Mountain Parkway Corridor, Riding Mountain National Park

Koroluk, Keith B.

1981

The basic concept being developed for the parkway corridor in Riding Mountain National Park is that all aspects of interpretation should be considered as parts of a system. The goal of the proposed interpretation system is to provide park visitors with at least a "threshold park experience" by showing the interrelatedness of various park ecosystems . . .

The child's landscape in a Canadian suburban environment

Leeies, Douglas Alexander

1981

A questionnaire provides the basis for documenting the environmental perceptions of a group of twenty children (10-11 years of age) living in a middle-class to upper-middle-class North American suburban residential area. This area has been locally identified as an area of "high quality living". This core work is augmented by additional field observ . . .

Identification of user programs and conceptual framework plan for the arboretum of Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration Tree Nursery at Indian Head, Saskatchewan

Frechette, J. F. Richard Y.

1981

The Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration of Indian Head, Saskatchewan is a federal agency that has for a main objective the production of trees for shelterbelt purposes. Since 1902, a portion of the nursery, reserved for the residence of the Superintendent and members of his crew, evolved into a collection of cultured trees of great interpret . . .

Development study Fort Whyte Nature Centre

Irwin, John Albert

1981

The Fort Whyte Nature Centre offers potential to the entire urban population of Winnipeg and people living throughout the region to view, interpret and become involved with part of Manitoba's wildlife heritage. The uniqueness of this site at present stems from its relationshìp to industry, namely Canada Cement (Lafarge) Limited who have supported a . . .

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