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Science helps us understand environmental change. Planning and design help communities visualize and respond to it.
The Department of Earth Sciences, Planning, and Design brings these disciplines together. Our students pursue degrees in either geosciences or landscape architecture, with each program maintaining its distinct curriculum and accreditation. So whether your goal is to study Earth’s systems, shape communities through planning, or design resilient landscapes, you’ll have the opportunity to develop specialized expertise while engaging with the broader environmental challenges that connect both fields. The world needs people who can bridge knowledge and action–here you’ll learn how.
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Designing With Communities - This summer, URI landscape architecture students worked with Rhode Island communities to imagine new possibilities for parks, public spaces, and places to gather.
URI water expert from Nepal shares insight into recent flood in South Asian nation - For URI hydrologist Dr. Soni Pradhanang, the recent avalanche and flooding in Nepal is both a scientific event and a deeply personal one. Raised in Kathmandu, Pradhanang studies flooding, water resources and mountain hazards. Alongside Ph.D. student Pratik Singh Thakuri, also from Nepal, she is examining the Aug. 26 event using satellite imagery and hydrologic expertise.