Memories of displacement, loss, and discrimination are oten present in designed sites. A decline in
memory and story sharing has let these memories lingering on sites, open wounds waiting to be unearthed,
discussed, and ...
Black, Indigenous, and Latinx folx face many barriers when trying to access public
natural areas. Park managers, designers, city staff, and community organizations can
build a more equitable future for our public natural ...
The benefit of both urban agriculture and therapeutic gardens are historically
acknowledged and legitimized in landscape architecture. In their own ways
they seek to address issues of resiliency and quality of life. ...
A review of existing literature finds that minority populations often experience negative health outcomes due to unequal park distribution, quality, and types of available public green spaces. In this study, findings suggest ...
Planning for uncertain, future climates has become a dominant framework
in resource management fields, and has recently expanded into cultural resource
strategies within the National Park Service (NPS). However, because ...
Physical activity is a main component of preventing and
controlling chronic diseases associated with sedentary
lifestyles. When built environments are developed to prioritize
vehicle transportation, coupled with increased ...
To robustly implement low impact development
stormwater solutions, the University of Oregon
would benefi t from using a pattern language
approach to plan East Campus. Most stormwater
on the UO campus now disappears ...
Methods of selecting cultural landscapes by current leading organizations
are successful, however, this paper argues that an expanded definition of
‘cultural landscape’, a less restrictive landscape age requirement, and ...
In consideration of climate change and the increasing trend of extreme weather events, communities see more urgent needs for preparation,
especially for protecting their vulnerable populations. Given the growing climate ...
Portland, Oregon does not have an urban climate change mitigation program to protect ecology, capture carbon, build
resilience, and develop social equity in a single strategy. Local programs are siloed into one or two ...
The goal of this research is to assess the potential for fuel breaks, as a fire management tool, to positively influence the resiliency of ecological and social systems within the region of the Pacific Northwest. Landscapes ...
Using a study site in rural coastal Oregon (within the City of Coos Bay) this project generated a transferable process for rural coastal towns in need of efficient and pragmatic flood-mitigation plans. By observing the ...
Brownfields are most often located adjacent to disadvantaged communities. While toxicity
is a primary concern surrounding brownfields there has been very little study on the social
impact of these parks. This Master’s ...
Portland Oregon’s Forest Park— one of the largest
urban forests in the United States—usership is in a
state of inequitable distribution, disproportionately
allocating “the benefits and burdens of [urban]
growth and ...
PURPOSE: Evaluating a student’s development is key to understanding whether and
how they are learning. This project focuses on landscape architecture and planning
education, using a set curriculum, courses, and workshops ...
As American cities transition from decades of automobile
dependency to walking, biking, and transit, new and
emerging forms of mobility such as ride-sharing, microvehicles,
and autonomous vehicles offer a new paradigm
of ...
Despite their remote location and green veneer, landfills, like
many industrial sites, have become monuments to consumerism.
Every day in Lane County, Oregon, the equivalent of six pounds
of waste per resident joins the ...
Disc golf is a rapidly growing sport all over the world; it is played like
traditional golf, throwing a small frisbee, or disc, instead of hitting a ball,
and playing a course which weaves through forested and other ...
The troubling material history of the colonial mahogany trade’s ties to slave labor and
environmental degradation is often obscured by the reverence we place on the craftsmanship
and pedigree of its products. Although ...
Introducing trail systems into a protected natural area that has undergone habitat
restoration sends alarms to ecologists and cheers from avid hikers. Habitat
assessments help map which plants and animals need protection; ...