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    Aqsa is passionate about creating resilient, equitable, and vibrant communities through collaborative and inclusive planning and design.

    Activating Columbia Road: Reframing a Missing Link

    This report was guided by Field Projects, an Urban Planning practicum at Tufts University. The report was created in collaboration with team members: Xianzheng Fang, Marah Holland, Lev McCarthy, and Megan Morrow. Our team was partnered with LivableStreets Alliance to consolidate previous studies, recommendations, and outreach methods relating to Columbia Road. This was in effort to
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    Placemaking for Spatial Justice: Suitability Analysis for Future Placemaking Along Columbia Road

    This analysis was guided by GIS for Urban Analysis, a graduate course at Tufts University. The purpose of this analysis was to assess suitability for future placemaking along Columbia Road in Boston, Massachusetts. Introduction According to the paper, “Theorizing Critical Placemaking as a Tool for Reclaiming Public Space” by the American Journal of Community Psychology,
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    Strategies in Implementing Green Infrastructure Design

    This post was inspired by literature review for Foundations of Public Policy and Planning, a graduate course at Tufts University. The purpose of the literature review was to address current gaps and limitations in knowledge and practice of sustainable strategies around stormwater management. This article was originally published on April 9, 2019 by the American Society
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    ASLA Policy Shaper Interview: Q&A with Nette Compton

    Nette Compton, ASLA, is Deputy Director of Parks for People at The Trust for Public Land. Interview was conducted by Aqsa Butt, SITES AP. This article was originally published on August 6, 2018 by the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) in LAND. Republished with permission. Q: Did you have a preference for public sector versus private
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    Volunteer Design Project: Natick Housing Authority’s Cedar Gardens

    The following work is a volunteer effort for The Community Outreach Group for Landscape Design (COGDesign). COGDesign is a non-profit service organization that provides undeserved communities with the technical design assistance they need to bring healthy, attractive, and useful open space to their neighborhoods. As of October 2015, I am working on the design completion
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