In the planning practicum, students work with real-world clients to assist with research, analysis, and recommendations about a project or program. Our students have worked with public agencies, non-profit and community organizations.
Practicum Examples
One Water Roadmap: Integrating Water Resource Management on Hawaiʻi Island
Faculty Sponsors: Priyam Das and Lee Sichter | Fall 2020
Client: Long Range Planning Division, County of Hawai‘i
Ala Wai Small Boat Harbor Conceptual Plan
Faculty Sponsors: Priyam Das and Lee Sichter | Fall 2020
Client: Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation, DLNR
Island Community Resilience Initiative: Incorporating Lessons from Hurricane Maria into O’ahu’s Resilience Strategy
Faculty Sponsor: Karl Kim | Summer 2019
Client: Office of Climate Change, Sustainability, and Resiliency, City and County of Honolulu
Assessing Transit-Oriented Development in Waipahu, Hawaii
Faculty Sponsor: Priyam Das | Spring 2018
Client: Office of Planning, State of Hawai‘i
Waipi’o Ahupua’a Master Planning and Watershed Management
Faculty Sponsor: Luciano Minerbi | Spring 2017
Client: Waipi’o Valley Community Organizations; Bishop Museum
Vulnerability Assessment in Kemijen, Semarang, Indonesia
Faculty Sponsor: Dolores Foley (UHM), Wiwandari Handayani (UNDIP) and Micah Fisher (UHM) | Fall 2016
Client: USAID
Social Capital, Indigenous Community Capacity, and Disaster Management
Faculty Sponsor: Luciano Minerbi | Spring 2016
Client: Department of Hawaiian Homes Lands
Kaua’i Bikeshare Feasibility Study
Faculty Sponsor: Makena Coffman | Fall 2015
Client: Bikeshare Hawai’i, County of Kaua’i
Pricing Study
Faculty Sponsor: Makena Coffman | Fall 2015
Client: Bikeshare Hawai’i
Coastal Resilience for DHHL Communities
Faculty Sponsor: Luciano Minerbi | Spring 2015
Client: Department of Hawaiian Home Lands
Building a Resilient Food System
Faculty Sponsor: Dolores Foley and Karl Kim | Fall 2014
Client: National Disaster Preparedness Training Center; Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Hawaii at Mānoa
Research in Support of the County of Hawai’i General Plan (GP) Comprehensive Review
Faculty Sponsor: Luciano Minerbi | Fall 2014
Client: Planning Departments, County of Hawai’i
Ho’opono Mamo: The Hawai’i Youth Diversion System Program Implementation and Evaluation Plan
Faculty Sponsor: Karen Umemoto | Fall 2013
Client: Ho’opono Mamo Civil Citation Task Force
Bicycling at UHM
Faculty Sponsor: Makena Coffman | Spring 2013
Client: Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Hawai`i at Mānoa
UHM Transportation Practicum: Strategies to Reduce Commuter Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa
Faculty Sponsor: Makena Coffman | Spring 2013
Client: Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Hawai`i at Mānoa
Towards Co-Management: The Ahupua’a ‘O Kahana Cultural Living Park
Faculty Sponsor: Luciano Minerbi | Fall 2012
Client: Kahana Planning Council (KPC), Department of Land and Natural Resources, State of Hawai‘i
For full reports, please contact idurp@hawaii.edu.