School of Urban and Regional Planning

Urban Development (Master of Planning)
Major Research Papers (MRPs)
2012 Graduates
- Barriers to Mid-Rise Development in Suburban Communities in the Greater Toronto Area
By Arlene Beaumont - Addressing Challenges to Mobility Hub Implementation at Suburban Commuter Rail Parking Lots in Greater Toronto
By Marcus Bowman - Barriers to Mid-Rise Development in Toronto
By Robyn Brown - Adaptive Planning and Climate Focused Evaluation in an Era of Evolving Local Governance
By William Patrick Coates - Past, Present and Possible: Toward an Integrated Approach for Natural Heritage Conservation
By Lily-Ann D’Souza - Innovative Affordable Housing Strategies for Vancouver
By Gavin Duffus - What I Should Have Learned in School: Making the Connection Between Land Use Planning & the Duty to Consult
By Clara MacCallum Fraser - Lessons for Toronto from Melbourne's City Centre Revitalization
By Brent Gilliard - Brownfield Redevelopment in Toronto, Ontario: An Examination of Sustainability and the Toronto Portlands
By Michael Hayek - Building Cities for Families: Attracting and Retaining Households With Children in the Downtown Core
By Nechama Hirchberg - Taking Youth Engagement to the Next Generation: Lessons from Best Youth Engagement Practices Toward Food Sustainability
By Daniel Hoang - What Will the Legacy of the Pan American And Parapan Games 2015 be for Toronto? Looking at Past Successes and Failures to Inform Toronto's Experience
By Natasha Preya Jailal - Affordable Housing in Toronto: Legislative and Regulatory Tools for Municipal LED Development
By Alex Kolsteren - Towards a More “Reasonable” Ontario Municipal Board: Looking to Nova Scotia
By Edward LaRusic - Transit-Oriented Development: Removing Barriers and Realizing Goals Through Leed-ND
By Melissa Nicole Lotito - We're on a Mission From G-D: Thornhill as a Walkable Jewish Suburb
By Daniel Abraham Rende - An Examination of the Benefits and Constraints of Adaptive Reuse of Surplus School Sites
By Lauren Sooley - Growing With the Flow: Planning for Smart Growth in Ontario Through Water & Wastewater Infrastructure Service Provision
By Jeffrey J Thompson - Exploring the Nexus Between Heritage and Sustainability: How Business Improvement Areas (BIAs) can Contribute to the Process
By Matthew Zambri
2011 Graduates
- Markham's New Urbanist Paradigm: Neoliberalism, Gentrification and Competitive Goverance
By Mark Antoine - The Political Economy of Mass Transit Infrastructure Investments in the Greater Toronto Area
By Tommy Au - Addressing Downtown Vitality in a Canadian Context: The Cases of Brockville and Oakville, Ontario
By Carly Dodds - Defining the Need for a New Paradigm for the Redevelopment of Surburban Form
By Christopher Correia - Spatial Mismatch in the Toronto Census Metropolitan Area: Examining the Commuting Patterns of Immigrants
By Liam Donaldson - The Role of Adaptive Reuse in the Building Resilience Urban Communities: A Case-Based Review of Praxis in Toronto, Ontario
By Katherine Faria - Creating a Positive Mega-Event Legacy: Exploring the Impact of the Pan American Games on the West Don Lands Community, Toronto
By Alexandra Goldstein - Placing the Planner in the Gentrification Discussion: Planning Interventions in Toronto's Downtown West
By Anthony Greenberg - Grandma in the Greenbelt: How the Natural Disposal of our Dead Could Save Ontario's Green Space
By Courtney Heron-Monk - From Gentrification to Re-Urbanization: The Expanding Terrain of Socio-Spatial Inequality
By Corey Horowitz - Assessing the Creative Capacity of Planners within the GTA
By Alex Lader - Heritage Incentive Programs: The Key to Acheiving the Potential of Heritage Conservation in Ontario
By Jenna Langdale - Wicked Problems: Bridging the Divide Between Health and Urban Planning
By Jennifer Maestre - Laneway Redevelopment Programs: A Case Study Review
By Christine Oldnall - Brownfield Redevelopment: A Case Study of the Lakeview Waterfront Revitalization in Mississauga
By Beata Palka - Feminist Approaches to Design: Improving Spatial Audit Initatives
By Mitchell Patterson - Household Size as a Determinant of Annual Shelter and
Transportation Expenditures in Canada
By Craig Rohe - Questioning Densifacation: An Appraisal of the Theoretical and Empircal Basis for Smart Growth in the Toronto Census Metropolitan Area
By Sam Schachar - Planning for the Social Sustainability of Toronto: Considerations of Governance and Planning Policy
By Aslam Shaikh - Inclusive Internet Participation in the Network Society
By David Sol - Strategies to Animate Toronto's Transitional, Post-Industrial Waterfront
By Erin Tito - Planning Tools for Improving Food Access: Lessons for Ontario's Municipal Planners
By Bronwyn Whyte
2010 Graduates
- Demographic Changes and Formation of Ethnic Enclaves
By Irfan Ahmed Ansari - Encouraging Farm Gate Sales and Marketing Through Land Use Policy
By Heather Britten - People, Place & Landscape: A Bottom-up, Adaptive, Catalytic Approach to Tower Renewal
By Ariana Cancelli - Ontario's Public Infrastructure: Adapting to Climate Change
By Mark Carafa - Understanding Creative Hubs: The Agglomeration of Creativity in Toronto By Amanda XiaoXuan Chen
- A Recommendation for Integrative Public Space in Lawrence Heights
By Laura Costa - Affordable Housing in Ontario: Challenging the Current Paradigm
By Christopher William Dickinson - The Cost of Building for the Future: The Reconciliation of Sustainable Housing Issues in Toronto
By Paul Adam Erlichman - An Evaluation of the Subdivision Approval Process in Kingston and St. Andrew, Jamaica
By Leonard Ahijah Francis - The Ideal Neighbourhood? Understanding the Growth of New Urbanist Communities in Toronto: A Markham Case Study
By Marcanthony Franco - Is There A Link Between Growth Management Regulations and Housing Affordability in the Town of Markham?
By Anna Henriques - Publicly-led Proactive and Privately-led Reactive Planning: A Comparison of Comprehensive Planning and Development Approaches Between East Bayfront and King-Liberty Village
By Joshua Hilburt - Live-Work Developments: From Theory to Practice
By Alfiya Kakal - Conflicts in Mixed Use Neighbourhoods - Case Study: King-Spadina
By Bhani Sharan Kaur - Rust Never Sleeps: Infrastructural Urbanism and Planning for Change
By Jessica Krecklo - Emerging Urbanism and Cycling Development: A New Cycling Agenda for the City of Toronto
By Jennifer J. Laforest - Park Planning in Ethnic Minority Neighbourhoods: Toronto's Priority Areas
By Kiran Marok - Planning Parks for a Multicultural Population
By Jennifer Renaud - Assessing Environmental Assessments of Transportation Infrastructure Development for Integration of Sustainable Development Principles
By Nisha Shirali - Engaging Farmers Through Facebook: The Use and Potential of Web 2.0 Tools in Agricultural Planning Practice
By H. Nicholas Weigeldt - Envisioning the Transformation of Collector Streets Into Public Places: The Revitalization of Edward and Elm Streets
By Evan M. Weinberg







