Community & Environmental Design Research

I. Community Planning and Design Reports: These reports focus on specific community projects, involving design proposals, master plans, and visioning sessions.

1. 2025_PurdueCCED-NPS_DuneHarborPark-MuskegonMichigan_ProjectReport Muskegon County. (2025). A Community Planning Document for Dune Harbor Park; North Shores, Michigan. Hedgedus, C., Hiddema, J., Kluting, K., Lukens, R., Lydon, P., Oliver, J., Wethy, A., Herring, R., Thompson, A.
2. 2022_PurdueCCED-KimleyHorn_HappyHollowPark-WestLafayetteIndiana_TechnicalReport Center for Community & Environmental Design, Kimley-Horn Engineering Planning and Design Consultants. (2022). Happy Hollow Park Visioning Session. West Lafayette, Indiana: Thompson, Aaron, Schreeg, B.
3. 2022_PurdueCCED_HopkinsFamilyPark-GibsonCountyIndiana_ProjectReport Center for Community & Environmental Design (2022). Hopkins Family Park in Gibson County, Indiana: Conceptual Master Plan. West Lafayette, Indiana: Thompson, Aaron, Cody, Z.
4. 2022_PurdueCCED_JasperPulaskiFishandWildlifeArea-VisitorFacilities_ProjectReport Center for Community & Environmental Design. (2022). Jasper-Pulaski Fish and Wildlife Area: Conceptual Master Plan. West Lafayette, Indiana: Thompson, Aaron, Cody, Z.
5. 2022_PurdueCCED-NPS_TheNatureConservancy-KankakeeSandsVisitorExperience_ProjectReport The Nature Conservancy. (2022). Improving Access and Visitor Experience at Kankakee Sands. Indianapolis, Indiana: Becker, F., Clements, L., Edmonson, T., Moran, M., Nyberg, A., Shuey, J., Swinford, T., Cody, Z., Thompson, Aaron, Hedges, M., Lydon, P., Mencarini, M., Newson, A.
6. Andropogon Associates. (2022). Horticulture Park Conceptual Design Report. West Lafayette, Indiana: Alminana, J., Eberle, M., Stevens, R., Barefoot, H., Wallace, M., Harris, B., Schaffhauser, J.T., Gulich, M., Leavitt, A., Shoaf, C., Siciliano, P., Thompson, Aaron, Cody, Z., Morse, M.
7. 2021_PurdueCCED_TurtleMountainRecoveryCenter-BelcourtNorthDakota_ProjectReport Center for Community & Environmental Design. (2021). Turtle Mountain Recover Center: Master Planning Process. West Lafayette, Indiana: Thompson, Aaron, Joseph, E., Xi, M., Ahearn, M.
8. 2021_PurdueCCED_Transforming2ndStreetPark-ConnersvilleIndiana_ProjectReport Center for Community & Environmental Design. (2020). Transforming 2nd Street Park: Design Summary Report for Connersville, Indiana. West Lafayette, Indiana: Cai, S., Cook, N., Liao, J., Morse, M., Teune, K., Zhang, W., Thompson, Aaron.
9. 2020_UWExtensionPlacemakingTeam_ThreeLakesWisconsinDesignTeam_ProjectReport UW-Extension Community Vitality + Placemaking Team. (2020). Three Lakes Wisconsin Design Team Summary Report. Madison, Wisconsin: Multiple Partners.
10. Community & Environmental Design. (2019). Purdue Landscape Architecture 2019 Capstone Project Review. West Lafayette, Indiana: Anderson, G., Campbell, K., Chen, P., Francesco, N., Freeborn, T., Hayashi, J., Hoskins, L.A., Lockhart, M., McGee, J., Orr, S., Sanchez, Y., Tong., Y.S., Zuercher, D., Thompson, Aaron.
11. 2018_UWExtensionPlacemakingTeam_KewauneeWisconsinDesignTeam_ProjectReport UW-Extension Community Vitality + Placemaking Team. (2018). Kewaunee Design Team Summary Report. Madison, Wisconsin: Multiple Partners.
12. 2017_UWExtensionPlacemakingTeam_PrincetonWisconsinDesignTeam_ProjectReport UW-Extension Community Vitality + Placemaking Team. (2017). Princeton Wisconsin Design Team Summary Report. Madison, Wisconsin: Multiple Partners.
13. 2017_UWExtensionPlacemakingTeam_ClakCountyWisconsinFairgrounds_ProjectReport UW-Extension Community Vitality + Placemaking Team. (2017). Clark County, Wisconsin Fairgrounds Design Team Summary Report. Madison, Wisconsin: Multiple Partners.
14. 2016_UWExtensionPlacemakingTeam_IronCountyWisconsinDesignTeam_ProjectReport UW-Extension Community Vitality + Placemaking Team. (2016). Iron County Regional Trail Wisconsin Design Team Summary Report. Madison, Wisconsin: Multiple Partners.
15. 2015_UWExtensionPlacemakingTeam_BaileysHarborWisconsinDesignTeam_ProjectReport UW-Extension Community Vitality + Placemaking Team. (2015). Baileys Harbor Wisconsin Design Team Summary Report. Madison, Wisconsin: Multiple Partners.
16. 2023_PurdueCCED-StudyAbroad_MountbellewIreland_ProjectReport Campos, L.+, Drabenstott, L.+, Hughes, A.+, Lopp, M.+, Lozano, J.+, Luedke, E.+, Minns, M.+, Polar, A.+, Schumacher, R.+, Stapleton, B.+, Weidman, A.+, Baney, C., Thompson, A., Wilcox, M. (2023). Exploring Rural Development in Ireland: Design Report. Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana (USA).

II. Research and Assessment Reports: These reports focus on data collection, analysis, and assessment related to environmental and community issues.

1. 2024_PurdueCCED_LakeMichiganLandownerSurvey_TechnicalReport Center for Community & Environmental Design. (2024). Lake Michigan Shoreline: Landowner Survey, Final Report. (2024). West Lafayette, Indiana: Thompson, Aaron, Smock, C.
2. 2024_PurdueCCED-USFS_EcobuffersHealthyWorkingLandscapes_TechnicalReport Center for Community & Environmental Design. (2024). Ecobuffers: Part of the GLRI System of Solutions for Building Healthy Working Landscapes, Final Technical Report. West Lafayette, Indiana: Thompson, Aaron, Oelschlager, P.
3. 2021_PurdueCCED_WatershedCommunitySurvey-GreenLakeWisconsin_TechnicalReport Center for Community & Environmental Design. (2021). Green Lake Watershed: Social Science Assessment – Community Survey Report. West Lafayette, Indiana: Thompson, Aaron.
4. 2018_UWCenterLandUseEducation_FrameworkStrategicForestConservationPlanning_TechnicalReport Center for Land Use Education. (2018). A social-ecological framework for strategic forest conservation planning. Stevens Point, Wisconsin: Thompson, Aaron., Wadleigh, B., Usher, E., Sonnleitner, E.
5. 2018_UWCenterLandUseEducation_LowerFoxRiverWatershedCleanWaterAgenda_TechnicalReport Center for Land Use Education. (2018). Lower Fox River Watershed Clean Water Agenda: Community Roundtables Final Report. Stevens Point, Wisconsin: Thompson, Aaron., Roberts, R.
6. 2017_UWCenterLandUseEducation_WatershedCommunitySurvey-OcontoCountyLakes_TechnicalReport Center for Land Use Education. (2017). Oconto County lakes: Stratified socioeconomic assessment. Stevens Point, Wisconsin: Thompson, Aaron., Haney, R.
7. 2017_UWCenterLandUseEducation_WatershedFarmerSurvey-GreenLakeWisconsin_TechnicalReport Center for Land Use Education. (2017). Green Lake social science assessment: Factors motivating conservation agriculture. Stevens Point, Wisconsin: Thompson, Aaron.
8. 2017_UWCenterLandUseEducation_WatershedCommunitySurvey-SwanLakeWisconsin_TechnicalReport Center for Land Use Education. (2017). Swan lake community survey and social science assessment. Stevens Point, Wisconsin: Thompson, Aaron.
9. 2017_WestCentralWisconsinRegionaPlanCommission_EauClaireRiverWatershedPlan_TechnicalReport  **West Central Wisconsin Regional Plan Commission. (2017). Healthy soils and healthy waters: A community strategy for the Eau Clair River Watershed (EPA approved 9-Key Element Plan). Eau Claire, Wisconsin: Multiple Partners.
10. 2017_UWCenterWatershedScience_BigEauPleineWatershedPlan_TechnicalReport  **Center for Watershed Science & Education. (2017). Lake management plan: Strategies for reducing fish kills in the Big Eau Pleine Reservoir. Stevens Point, Wisconsin: Multiple Partners.
11. 2016_UWCenterLandUseEducation_CentralWisconsinGrasslandConservationAreas-LandownerOutreach_TeachnicalReport Center for Land Use Education. (2016). Prairie chicken management plan landowner input: Focus group report. Stevens Point, Wisconsin: Thompson, Aaron.
12. 2016_UWCenterLandUseEducation_WatershedCommunitySurvey-BassLake_TechnicalReport Center for Land Use Education. (2016). Bass Lake social science assessment: A community profile of lake stakeholders. Stevens Point, Wisconsin: Thompson, Aaron.
13. 2016_UWCenterLandUseEducation_WatershedFarmerSurvey-EauClaireRiver_TechnicalReport Center for Land Use Education. (2016). Social science assessment: Understanding factors influencing landowner participation in agricultural conservation practices in the Eau Claire River watershed. Stevens Point, Wisconsin: Thompson, Aaron; Wadleigh, B.
14. 2015_UWCenterLandUseEducation_WatershedCommunitySurvey-BigEauPleineRiver_TechnicalReport Center for Land Use Education. (2015). Big Eau Pleine: Socioeconomic assessment report. Stevens Point, Wisconsin: Thompson, Aaron.
15. 2015_UWCenterLandUseEducation_CommunitySurvey-CentralWisconsinGrasslandsConservationArea_TechnicalReport Center for Land Use Education. (2015). Future of the Central Wisconsin Grasslands: A survey of private landowners. Stevens Point, Wisconsin: Thompson, Aaron., Hernandez, J.
16. 2014_UWCenterLandUseEducation_WisconsinLandTrustTrainingSurvey_TechnicalReport Center for Land Use Education. (2014). Wisconsin land trusts: Strategic conservation planning training and education need assessment. Stevens Point, Wisconsin: Thompson, Aaron.
17. 2014_UWCenterLandUseEducation_WatershedCommunitySurvey-LakeWausau_TechnicalReport Center for Land Use Education. (2014). Lake Wausau: Socioeconomic assessment. Stevens Point, Wisconsin: Thompson, Aaron., Floress, K., Vokoun, M.
18. 2013_UWCenterLandUseEducation_NorthernWisconsinForestLandowerSurvey_TechnicalReport Center for Land Use Education. (2013). Northern Wisconsin Landowner Survey: Final Report. Stevens Point, Wisconsin: Thompson, Aaron.
19. 2012_UWCenterLandUseEducation_TrainingNeedsAssessmentWisconsinPlanners_TechnicalReport Center for Land Use Education. (2012). Survey Report: Training Needs for Wisconsin Planners. Stevens Point, Wisconsin: Thompson, Aaron.

III. Extension and Outreach Publications: These publications focus on community engagement, education, and the impact of extension programs.

1. 2022_PurdueExtension-OneBlockGreenInfrastructure_ProjectReport Kara Salazar, Mary Komenas, Caroline Arnett, Rebecca Koetz, Amber Zimmer, Lupe Valtierra, Aaron Thompson, Daniel Walker. (2022) One block at a time: Community-driven planning and equitable adaptation through multi-benefit green infrastructure – Impact Report. Purdue University Extension.
2. 2021_PurdueCCED-PurdueExtension_ChangemakersWorkbook_ProjectReport Center for Community & Environmental Design. (2021). Central Indiana 4H: Changemakers Workbook. West Lafayette, Indiana: Lo, N., Thompson, Aaron., Homan, D.
3. 2020_PurdueExtension_TurtleMountainRecoveryCenter_AnnualImpactReport Purdue Extension. (2020). Extension Annual Impact Report: A Dream Becoming Reality, Students Help Design Recovery Center (Turtle Mountain Band of the Chippewa: Belcourt, ND). West Lafayette, IN: Multiple Partners.
4. **Thompson, Aaron. (2021). Strategic partnering: Balancing the community return on investment in service-learning. NACTA Journal 65(1), published abstract available at www.nactateachers.org.
5. Purdue Extension. (2020). Connected Concerns: A Comprehensive Approach to Community Development (Fayette County, IN). West Lafayette, IN: Multiple Partners.
6. Purdue Extension. (2019). Purdue University Extension Program Summary & Data Resource Report: Supporting the Fayette County Comprehensive Plan Update. West Lafayette, IN: Wilcox, M., Salazar, K., Walker, D., Kumar, I., Cruz-Porter, A., Thompson, Aaron., Marvel, B., Graves, L., Connolly, B.
7. **Thompson, Aaron. (2017). Systems thinking application. Wisconsin Water Thinkers Network Newsletter 1: 3.
8. 2015_UWCenterLandUseEducation-LandUseTracker14-2_OutreachReport **Thompson, Aaron. (2015). Developing Wisconsin’s forests: How landowner attitudes shape community response to growing development threats. Land Use Tracker 14 (2): 1-4.
9. 2014_UWCenterLandUseEducation_Megatrends-WisconsinLandUse-Water_OutreachReport **Center for Land Use Education. (2014). Wisconsin Land Use Megatrends: Water. Markham, L., Haines, A., Thompson, A., McFarlane, D., Roberts, R., Floress, K., Seblonka, K.
10. 2013_UWCenterLandUseEducation_Megatrends-WisconsinLandUse-Energy_OutreachReport **Center for Land Use Education. (2013). Wisconsin Land Use Megatrends: Energy. Markham, L., Haines, A., Thompson, A., McFarlane, D., Roberts, R., Floress, K., Seblonka, K.
11. 2012_UWCenterLandUseEducation_TrackingFarmlandLoss_OutreachReport **Center for Land Use Education. (2012). Losing ground: Tracking the rate of farmland loss in Wisconsin Counties: 1992 to 2010. Stevens Point, Wisconsin: Thompson, Aaron.
12. 2012_UWCenterLandUseEducation_GreenIndex-GISApproachGreenInfrastructure_ProjectReport **Center for Land Use Education. (2012). The green index: A GIS-based approach for assessing the quality of a community’s green infrastructure. Stevens Point, Wisconsin: Risse, W., Thompson, Aaron.