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To become Ergonomic Urbanists, we must strive to do good work aesthetically, integrate universal design principles, and learn to notice when we’ve stopped designing for people and started designing for things. An interdisciplinary approach to understanding is used to help achieve this goal. It is discussed in detail how we can build our understanding of people through examining principles, practices, and frameworks from a variety of disciplines like: industrial design, UX, UI, sculpture, and game design. As well as aspects of psychology, neuroscience, and management practices as applicable.\u003c/p\u003e"]}},{"label":{"en":["Rights Statement"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp\u003e© Kelsey Prud’homme 2026 \u003ca href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.en\"\u003eCC BY-NC-ND 4.0\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI authorize the University of Alberta to lend this major research project to other institutions or individuals for the purpose of scholarly research. I further authorize the University of Alberta to reproduce this major research project by photocopying or by other means, in total or in part, at the request of other institutions or individuals for the purpose of scholarly research. I understand that my major research project may be made electronically available to the public, but I do not authorize my work to be fed into any machine learning system. This work was made by hand and anything built upon it must be as well. My work is by and for humans.\u003c/p\u003e"]}},{"label":{"en":["Date"]},"value":{"en":["2026-04-08 (released)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Agent"]},"value":{"en":["Prud'homme, Kelsey (Author)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Subject"]},"value":{"en":["Ergonomic Urbanism (Topical)","Aesthetics (Topical)","Universal Design (Topical)","Tool Embodiment (Topical)","Planning (Topical)"]}}],"summary":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eThis is a video that constitutes my Major Research Project in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Science in Urban and Regional Planning degree.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eCommunities in North America are not optimized for human use. The solution to this is urban planners becoming more aware of ergonomics in creating plans for communities, as well as prioritizing human experience above non-human tools or systems in their decision-making. 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