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Terminal Projects and Theses
 The
Student's MCRP program culminates during the second year with the
Thesis/Terminal Project course sequence. Each student selects a particular
issue of study with active participation of a faculty committee selected by
the student. Students interested in research may complete a thesis, while
others more interested in planning practice complete a professional quality
project. In either case, each student works with the committee in a
two-semester sequence in the second year that leads to a completed proposal
(Introduction, Literature Review and Methodology) at the end of the first
semester in CRP 858, and the completed thesis or terminal project (research
findings, conclusions, recommendations, and areas for future research) by
the end of the second semester in either CRP 859 or 891. Virtually all
students complete their degrees within two years.
Faculty and students both enjoy the diversity
of research topics including the opportunity to publish research and
present findings at conferences.
Recent
Terminal Project and Thesis Titles
- Planning
for Retail Markets in the Twenty-first Century: An English and
American Comparison (The only U.S. student winner of Great Britain 's
Royal Town Institute of Planning's George Pepler
International Award with travel stipend)
- Rediscovering
Its History: Urban Design Strategies for Arresting Decline in Miami
Springs
- An
Analysis of Tax Increment Financing in the Southeastern United States
- Storm
Water Runoff: Best Management Practices for Protection and Enhancement
of Water Quality in Urban Areas.
- An
Analysis of Transportation Corridor Preservation Techniques for
Greenville County , SC
- Analysis
of Riparian Vegetative Buffer Implementation Techniques
- Smart
Growth for Everyone: Integrating Low and Moderate-Income Households
into New Urbanist Design
- An
Assessment of Infrastructure Costs in the Berkeley , Charleston ,
Dorchester County Region Based on Predicted Growth Patterns
- Sustainable
Development: Implementation Options at the Local Level
- A
Vacant Land Inventory, Analysis and Computerized Locator System for
Anderson , SC
- Re-Establishing
Beale Street , Memphis , TN
- A
Proposed Tourism Planning Process for Heritage Communities
- A
Housing Typology Analysis for the City of Greenville , SC
- Skyways
in Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN
- An
Analysis of the Marketability, Suitability and the Feasibility of
Upper Level Housing in Downtown Columbia , SC
- Factors
Influencing the Development of New Major League Baseball Stadiums
- An
Assessment of Erosion Control Options Along the South Carolina Coast
- Will
Empowerment Zone/Enterprise Communities Prove to be the Answer for
Urban Redevelopment?
- Using
GIS Spatial Modeling to Identify Optimal Path Locations for Greenway
Corridors
- An
Analysis of Residential Segregation Due to Mortgage Lending
- Analyzing
Local Visual Resource Planning Policy: Designing a GIS Tool to Model
the Effect of Setback and Parking Requirements on Urban Form
- Business
Improvement Districts: A Method of Financing Downtown Revitalization
Projects and Programs
- Using
GIS Modeling for Bicycle and Pedestrian Paths
- Visualizing
the Spatial Impact of Zoning in 3 Dimensions
- Historic
Inventory and Preservation for Downtown Blacksburg , SC
- An
Analysis of Affordable Housing Programs: A Look at the Low Income
Housing Tax Credit
- Adaptive
Reuse: Loft Housing in Atlanta , GA
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