Although employment, housing, education, health care, transportation, and long-term services and support are all pressing issues for people with disabilities, recreation, and in particular therapeutic recreation, has increasingly been viewed as a pathway to improved quality of life. But less understood are the factors associated with engaging in therapeutic recreation. The Harford County Therapeutic Recreation […]
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Playing Field Evaluations for M-NCPPC
Students in PLSC402 worked with Prince George’s County Department of Parks and Recreation to assist the department in improving the maintenance practices on some of their sports fields to provide safe, agronomically sound play areas for county residents and amateur sports teams. Students provided assistance in creating a “turf inventory†on the county’s recreational sports […]
Direct Annual Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Mobile Combustion Sources
Through their work with the National Center for Smart Growth at the University of Maryland (UMD), the Prince George’s County- Department of Parks and Recreation commissioned this report from the university’s Partnership for Action Learning in Sustainability (PALS). PALS works with local jurisdictions throughout Maryland to identify projects and problems that can be taught through […]
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MyCoast Pilot Communities
Maryland’s MyCoast Program is a strategic effort to anticipate and assess the impacts of flooding events across the state. MyCoast is a National program with the mission to document tides, storm damage, beach cleanups, nuisance flooding and more to allow decision makers, emergency managers, and others to use public reports to make better decisions. MyCoast: […]
Needs Assessment and Workflow Analysis of Baltimore County Department of Public Works Operational Procedures for Managing Flood Reports
The Baltimore County Department of Public Works (BCDPW) Storm Drains Engineering Department seeks a standardized operational process and technical system that can be used within Cityworks, an asset management system used to help manage their public assets, work activities, and business process. This standardized operational process and technical system would assist BCDPW in systematically evaluating […]
Air Quality in Prince George’s County During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Through their work with the National Center for Smart Growth at the University of Maryland (UMD), the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) commissioned this report from the university’s Partnership for Action Learning in Sustainability (PALS). PALS works with local jurisdictions throughout Maryland to identify projects and problems that can be taught through university courses […]
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Adapting Tree Co-Benefit Calculators with the Greater Baltimore Wilderness Coalition
Through their work with the National Center for Smart Growth at the University of Maryland (UMD), the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) commissioned this report from the university’s Partnership for Action Learning in Sustainability (PALS). PALS works with local jurisdictions throughout Maryland to identify projects and problems that can be taught through university courses […]
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A Framework Plan for Preservation and Growth in Creswell, Harford County, Maryland
HarfordNEXT, the county’s 2016 Masterplan, calls for a comprehensive analysis of facilities needed to serve Creswell and asserts that future development must be compatible with the preservation of Creswell’s rural character. This mandate is the basis for the present study, conducted under the auspices of the University of Maryland’s PALS program in the spring semester […]
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A New Third Place in Harford County
Defining a Third Place: Communities spend the majority of their waking hours at home, a “first place,†and at work or school, a “second place.†When it comes to social interaction outside of a work setting, individuals can feel unsure or unwilling to explore their community. Whether this trepidation is caused by a lack of […]
Story Map for Stormwater Management Projects at the University of Maryland
Our group was tasked with retrieving and consolidating datasets/databases and primary accounts of enhanced stormwater management projects. These facilities have been installed across campus over time, so we needed to visualize that data through an ArcGIS StoryMap. We included information about individuals, project descriptions including size and/or area impacted, deliverables, projected impact, geographic locations, and […]
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