Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Subject "Tourism"
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Gateway to the Northern Isles: Growing Tourism in Shetland Through the Lenses of Landscape
(2018-04-06)This thesis identifies and seeks to utilize the inherent potential in the Shetland Islands for sustainably growing the tourism industry. It proposes the development of an architecture for observation as a means of reshaping ... -
Inhabiting Flow: Strategies for Tourist Oriented Architecture in Volatile Icelandic Landscapes
(2019-08-16)The volatile terrain in Iceland, a landscape of perpetual flux in the space of places, flows and time, demands building methods which are empathetic to its unwieldy behaviour. An inundation of tourists over the past decade ... -
Living Tradition: Supporting the Inuvialuit Community of Tuktoyaktuk Through Productive Cultural Space
(2019-04-05)Global connectivity is affecting culture in the Canadian North. The Inuvialuit people of Canada’s Northwest Arctic have experienced a long history of contact with foreign cultures that has led to the homogenization, ... -
Living with the Volcano: Balancing Culture and Ecological Sensitivity with Tourism on São Miguel Island
(2024-04-14)The weaving of human presence between locals and tourists leaves imprints on the landscape, creating traces that impact the delicate ecological balance. Islands, such as São Miguel, embody fragile environments as their ... -
Spectacular Attractions: Tourism and Environmental Engagement in Niagara Falls
(2021-07-27)This thesis begins by studying the dual reading of Niagara Falls as an awe-inspiring natural wonder and as a commodified spectacle for touristic consumption. However, the relics of its early hydroelectric exploitation ... -
Towards an Integrated Infrastructure: Using Architecture to Celebrate a Canadian National Park Town
(2013-04-05)This thesis proposes an architecturally integrated stormwater system and research facility in the town of Wasagaming, Riding Mountain National Park (RMNP), Manitoba. The design proposal provides four-season, interior and ...