Nurturing Landscapes: Creating educational rainwater management systems on school grounds

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dc.contributor.authorOrr, Catherine
dc.contributor.supervisorSchaefer, Valentin
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-28T18:18:51Z
dc.date.available2015-09-28T18:18:51Z
dc.date.copyright2015en_US
dc.date.issued2015-09-28
dc.degree.departmentSchool of Environmental Studies
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis research poses two questions: How, through collaboration and thoughtful design practices, can rainwater management systems on school grounds be developed as resources for learning? And, what can these systems contribute to the development of more sustainable urban rainwater management? The research was conducted through a literature review, the analysis of three case studies and a pilot project. The research points to the potential for schools to act as a centralizing figure, enabling a community collaboration to occur, with the aim of implementing shared goals. This process generated knowledge, spread awareness and built relationships among the community. The school’s participation in this process was key to creating place-based, engaging solutions. The rainwater systems must be multi-functional and contribute to the learning environment by building on the school’s educational philosophy. The four projects offer different scenarios for creating rainwater management systems that engage students through both hands-on learning and play.en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0390en_US
dc.description.proquestemailorr.cat@gmail.comen_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/6727
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ca/*
dc.subjectLandscape architectureen_US
dc.subjectGreening school groundsen_US
dc.subjectEnvironmental educationen_US
dc.subjectRainwater managementen_US
dc.subjectUrban ecologyen_US
dc.titleNurturing Landscapes: Creating educational rainwater management systems on school groundsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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