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The Green Line: Promoting Safety and Connections Through a Year Round Bicycle Network for Fargo, North Dakota.
(2016)
This paper will define what qualities make bicycle paths and lanes safe and easy to see. Winter maintenance strategies that are successful in ensuring year round use will be defined as well. First, data from various sources ...
Resurgence: Adapting Ecological Succession to Promote Human and Wildlife Interaction
(2016)
This work studies the effects of turf grass surrounding rural housing. It examines degree of turf management, the human relationship with nature and turf grass, aesthetics of nature and turf grass, principles of ecological ...
Retrofitting Suburban Plains: Creating a Walkable Mixed-use Neighborhood for South Fargo
(2016)
This thesis aims to retrofit existing infrastructure and future development plans for a south Fargo neighborhood in order to transform the neighborhood into a walkable mixed-use urban center. Walkability is defined by ...
Ford Park: Creating Hydrologically Sensitive Connections to the Mississippi Riverfront System
(2016)
The main question this study aims to answer is how can we create an urban space that celebrates the riverfront at all times of the year, while still creating viable flood protection? Other questions considered are, what ...
Prairie Park: An Ecological Wetland Proposal & Recreational Destination for North Fargo
(2016)
The city of Fargo, ND, has approximately 40 stormwater detention and retention basins throughout the city. Many of which are vast open grass fields with concrete channels that do not support or welcome human interaction. ...
Tuolumne Meadow: Conservation of Yosemite's Meadows through Recreational and Educational Planning
(2016)
Alpine meadows are delicate ecosystems that are being
damaged and declining. In Yosemite only 3% of the park is considered meadow habitat. Through this thesis I am exploring the question; how can we conserve these alpine ...
The Front: Re-imagining Main Avenue in Downtown Fargo as a Multi-modal Transit Corridor
(2016)
As cities strive to become more walkable, considerate of bicyclists, and more accommodating of mass transit, one has to ask how current arterial roadways can be retrofitted to allow for all modes of transportation. Downtown ...
In the Loop: Making Historically Conscious Pedestrian Connections
(2016)
Connecting green spaces, and providing meaningful and convenient pedestrian passage are two ideas that push sustainability, encourage community activity, and create a more enjoyable environment for the users. This is the ...
Festival on Fifth Street: A Multi-modal Streetscape and Cultural Center in Downtown Bismarck, North Dakota.
(2016)
This thesis is a study conducted to explore the effects of revitalizing a downtown street emphasizing the pedestrian. Through research, the streetscape will be redeveloped for the safety of pedestrians as well as various ...
Bluebird Gardens--Bringing People Together Through the Awareness and Education of Local Agriculture
(2016)
The purpose of this design thesis is to create a site design that features elements that promote public participation, education,
and awareness of local agriculture through CSAs (Community Supported Agriculture), while ...