PLANNING PRACTICUM REPORTS

Every MURP degree candidate is required to take a practicum: PLAN 751 or 754. A practicum involves five or more students and a faculty member engaging in a planning process. Recent practice include:

Local projects: sustainable development vs. suburbanization; community planning in Waimanalo; community-based planning in Waianae; community-based economic development; locally unwanted but regionally advantageous land uses; modifications to cluster development regulations; planning information needs for health and community services; evaluation of the park dedication ordinance; feasibility of small scale mixed uses; urban redevelopment and displacement mitigation; district and multiblock land readjustment; neighborhood design analyses; the implementation of the county development plan process; community research in the College of Social Sciences; model choice evaluation of Leeward commuters; neighborhood visioning and planning in Kane’ohe; transportation on the Manoa Campus; and risk ranking and quality of life in Kahalu’u.

Neighbor island projects: community values and energy development; planning for the future of Kilauea; fishpond master CDUA on Moloka’i; and permitting process in the conservation district on the island of Hawai’i.

Government projects: land banking; contemporary subsistence lifestyles; land use dispute resolution; homelessness in Hawai’i; and a plan for Hawai’i’s homeless.

Projects in the Pacific and Asia: village preservation for resort development area on Cheju island, Korea; pedestrian safety in Seoul, Korea; participatory planning for coastal zone management (CZM) and village planning in American Samoa; and a diagnostic manual on healthy cities in Asia; and urban transition in Vietnam.

Each Practicum produces a final report and/or provides specific clients with planning assistance such as analyses, surveys, design and/or evaluation. Each practicum team is involved in bounding a selected problem, setting its objectives, assessing its own resources, determining the work to be performed, allocating its resources, delivering a product and/or service, and evaluating its effectiveness. The practicum provides a student with an opportunity to bring together multiple planning elements within the context of a real-world problem. MURP degree students opting for PLAN 752 are also required to take a planning practicum.

Below, you will find a sample of reports produced by students at DURP.

Document Library

	Semester Year:	Summer 2012
	Title:	HURRIPLAN: A Coastal Community Charette
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	Faculty Sponsor:	Dean Sakamoto
	Faculty Contact:	deans@hawaii.edu
	Semester Year:	Spring 2012
	Title:	Kaka'ako and a Honolulu Urban Development Strategy
	Authors:	Maja Caroee, Suman Maharjan, Justin Witty, Nicole Brodie, Mukarramah (NFN), Anthony Weersing, Daniel Simonich, Jacqueline Kozak Thiel
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	Faculty Sponsor:	Jim Spencer
	Faculty Contact:	jhs@hawaii.edu 808-956-8835
	Semester Year:	Fall 2011
	Title:	Capacity Building for Community Resilience in Leone Village, American Samoa: Providing Planning Tools for Building Social, Environmental, and Structural Resiliency at the Village Level
	Authors:	Gabrielle Sham, Germaine Salim, Hoi Van Tran, Joon Ho Hong, Neeraj Dangol, Saleh Azizi Fardkhales, Tam Nguyen, Xian Hua, Ye Liang.
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	Faculty Sponsor:	Luciano Minerbi
	Faculty Contact:	luciano@hawaii.edu 808-956-6869
	Semester Year:	Summer 2011
	Title:	Design Studio: Hurricane Resistant Community Planning & building Design
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	Faculty Sponsor:	Karl Kim
	Faculty Contact:	karlk@hawaii.edu 808-956-6865
	Semester Year:	Spring 2011
	Title:	Capacity Building for Community Resilience in Leone Village: Providing Planning Tools that Promote Sustainable Ecosystem and Disaster Management Practices at the Village Level
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	Faculty Sponsor:	Luciano Minerbi
	Faculty Contact:	luciano@hawaii.edu 808-956-6869
	Semester Year:	Summer 2010
	Title:	American Samoa Power Authority 2010 Vision Plan
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	Faculty Sponsor:	Karl Kim
	Faculty Contact:	karlk@hawaii.edu 808-956-6865
	Semester Year:	Spring 2010
	Title:	City of Quy Nhon, Binh Dinh Province Viet Nam: City Development Summary: Spatial Strategy, Economic Development Strategy, and Community Development Strategy
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	Faculty Sponsor:	Jim Spencer
	Faculty Contact:	jhs@hawaii.edu 808-956-8835
	Semester Year:	Fall 2009
	Title:	Sustainable Land Use and Environmental Design Study: State of Airai, Palau
	Authors:	Abujabal, N., Alexander, D., Chowdhooree, I., Lawlor, S., Mann, A., Nguyen, H. M., Shrestha, A. M., Sjoblom, D., Trevenna, S.
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	Faculty Sponsor:	Luciano Minerbi
	Faculty Contact:	luciano@hawaii.edu 808-956-6869
	Semester Year:	Spring 2009
	Title:	Waimanalo Youth & Family Collaborative
	Authors:	Bolduc, S., Chartrand, G., Chen, H., Gray, D., Hakoda, R., Muraoka, A., Ng, N., Obata, H., Rindrasih, E.
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	Faculty Sponsor:	Karen Umemoto
	Faculty Contact:	kumemoto@hawaii.edu 808-956-7383
	Semester Year:	Spring 2009
	Title:	Biofuels in Hawai‘i: A Case Study of Hamakua
	Authors:	Budge, J., Chillingworth, M., Clement, C., Cunningham, C., Glenn, S., Mayekawa, L., McDonald, T., Phlegar, C., Plottier, M., Sakuda, M.
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	Faculty Sponsor:	Makena Coffman
	Faculty Contact:	makenaka@hawaii.edu 808-956-2890
	Semester Year:	Fall 2008
	Title:	Neighborhood Planning Study of McCully Mo'ili'ili
	Authors:	Keshav Bidari, Jiwnath Ghimire, Lanh Nyugen Padmendra Shrestha, Doan Trung, Justine Wong
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	Faculty Sponsor:	Luciano Minerbi
	Faculty Contact:	luciano@hawaii.edu 808-956-6869
	Semester Year:	Spring 2008
	Title:	The Trail to Ho'okena, Connecting Communities, Resources, Past, Present and Future, Island of Hawaii
	Authors:	Klouldil Hubbard, Maki Kobayashi, M. Kaleo Manuel, Agnes Martelet, Joonghee Park
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	Faculty Sponsor:	Luciano Minerbi
	Faculty Contact:	luciano@hawaii.edu 808-956-6869
	Semester Year:	Fall 2007
	Title:	A Cultural Value Management Aspect for Traditional Ahupua'a Trail System Kohala, Island of Hawaii
	Authors:	Raymond Chung, Tao Feng, Fusae Kikuchi, Francine Palama
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	Faculty Sponsor:	Luciano Minerbi
	Faculty Contact:	luciano@hawaii.edu 808-956-6869
	Semester Year:	Spring 2007
	Title:	A Cultural Value Management Aspect for Traditional Ahupua'a Trail System Kohala, Island of Hawaii
	Authors:	Koichi Kamikusa, Lance Kimura, Yurika Mori, Miwako Watanabe
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	Faculty Sponsor:	Karen Umemoto
	Faculty Contact:	kumemoto@hawaii.edu 808-956-7383
	Semester Year:	Fall 2006
	Title:	Homeless in Waikiki
	Authors:	Lori Baker, Mike Dahilig, Megan Johnson, David Kiernan, Henry Mochida, Mohammad Shahinur Rahmin
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	Faculty Sponsor:	Dolores Foley
	Faculty Contact:	dolores@hawaii.edu 808-956-2780
	Semester Year:	Spring 2006
	Title:	Historic Preservation in a Livable City (Chinese Version)
	Authors:	Andika, M., Bhattarai, B., Burr, K., Choe, S., Douglass, M., Guzinksy, C., Ishii, C., Hallonquist, L., Knott, T., Lee, H., Rosalyn, R.
	Abstract:	International Perspective on the Urban Transition, Responsible Tourism and World Heritage Destination for the Han Chang'an Site, Xi'an, China.
	Faculty Sponsor:	Mike Douglass
	Faculty Contact:	michaeld@hawaii.edu
	Semester Year:	Spring 2006
	Title:	Historic Preservation in a Livable City (English Version)
	Authors:	Andika, M., Bhattarai, B., Burr, K., Choe, S., Douglass, M., Guzinksy, C., Ishii, C., Hallonquist, L., Knott, T., Lee, H., Rosalyn, R.
	Abstract:	International Perspective on the Urban Transition, Responsible Tourism and World Heritage Destination for the Han Chang'an Site, Xi'an, China.
	Faculty Sponsor:	Mike Douglass
	Faculty Contact:	michaeld@hawaii.edu
	Semester Year:	Spring 2006
	Title:	Planning Study for Kailua
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	Faculty Sponsor:	Luciano Minerbi
	Faculty Contact:	luciano@hawaii.edu 808-956-6869
	Semester Year:	Fall 2002
	Title:	BUILDING COLLABORATION: Toward Co-management for the Hanalei Ahupua'a, Kaua'i, Hawai'i
	Authors:	Dong, D., Halapua, W., Lesnet, I., Moffat, L., Natale, B., Poerbonegoro, A., Polloi, K., Sumon, N., Settachai, N., Verawudh, V. & Yamamura, M.
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	Faculty Sponsor:	Luciano Minerbi
	Faculty Contact:	luciano@hawaii.edu 808-956-6869
	Semester Year:	Fall 2001
	Title:	Waipi'o Valley: Towards Community Planning and Ahupua'a Management -Phase II
	Authors:	Bethel, J., Furfaro, M., Maike-Ganileo, P., Julio, N., Mills, K., Roberts, K., Roberts, S. & Tong, E.
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	Faculty Sponsor:	Luciano Minerbi
	Faculty Contact:	luciano@hawaii.edu 808-956-6869
	Semester Year:	Fall 1999
	Title:	Waipi'o Valley: Towards Community Planning and Ahupua'a Management
	Authors:	Dizol, L., Hegger, D., Keehne, H., Kinjo, K., Le Maitre, M., McKeague, K., Prasai, S., Resture, A., Shen, C. & Xing, X.
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	Faculty Sponsor:	Luciano Minerbi
	Faculty Contact:	luciano@hawaii.edu 808-956-6869