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The impacts of cash transfer programs on rural livelihoods: a study of Caboclos in the Brazilian Amazon estuary region
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-25)Rural households that rely on agricultural and natural resources for their livelihoods have been exposed to increasing socio-economic and climatic challenges over the past few decades, which requires urgent scientific ... -
The Impacts of China’s ETS on Firm Competitiveness; Evidence from the Power and Heat Production Sector
(University of Waterloo, 2023-09-25)Carbon emissions are one of the primary causes of climate change. In the coming decades, the economic costs to deal with climate change are estimated to be 10% of the global GDP. To mitigate the threats, Emission Trading ... -
Impacts of Climate Change and Controlled Tile Drainage on Water Quality and Quantity in Southern Ontario, Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-06)Within the Great Lakes region, agricultural non-point source nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) contamination contribute to algal blooms and decreased water quality, particularly from tile-drained landscapes. These water ... -
Impacts of Climate Change on Canadian Airport Pavements
(University of Waterloo, 2019-12-20)Greenhouse gasses (GHG) emitted by the burning of fossil fuels and supplementary anthropogenic activities are on the rise since the industrial revolution. The world is becoming warmer and more polluted with such gases, ... -
The Impacts of Climate Change via Robust Optimization: Two Applications in Land Investment and Electricity Storage Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2024-01-03)Effectively adapting to a changing climate involves making appropriate operational decisions based on long-term climate forecasts. This dissertation presents a comprehensive framework that combines climate data, regression ... -
The Impacts of Climate Investment Funds on Multilateral Adaptation Finance
(University of Waterloo, 2011-05-20)The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC) is a global agreement between 194 countries to stabilize greenhouse gas concentration in the atmosphere to avoid dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate ... -
Impacts Of Constrained Culling And Vaccination On Control Of Foot And Mouth Disease In Near-Endemic Settings: A Pair Approximation Model
(Elsevier, 2014-12-01)Many countries have eliminated foot and mouth disease (FMD), but outbreaks remain common in other countries. Rapid development of international trade in animals and animal products has increased the risk of disease ... -
Impacts of COVID-19 on Municipal Solid Waste Systems in Ontario, Canada: A Retrospective Reflection of Learnings from Municipalities
(University of Waterloo, 2023-09-20)Over the last decade, Ontario’s waste management industry has been under immense strain that could be considered a crisis. Between high waste generation, rapidly depleting landfill space, and land availability to replenish ... -
Impacts of COVID-19 on Ontario's Electricity Market
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-05)The COVID-19 outbreak has not only threatened global health but has also significantly affected the energy sector. Most countries around the world have faced sudden changes in the electricity load as a result of the strict ... -
The Impacts of Diamond Mining to Peatlands in the James Bay Lowlands
(University of Waterloo, 2013-02-21)Approximately 7000 to 8000 years ago when Hudson Bay became ice-free the Tyrrell Sea flooded the Hudson basin and deposited fine grained marine sediments overlaying the previous glacial tills. Coincident with the ablation ... -
Impacts of Dredging and Brush Cutting of Paired Agricultural Drainage Ditches on GHG Emissions and Nutrient Filtration Capacity
(University of Waterloo, 2023-01-04)Agriculture provides many beneficial and essential ecosystem services. Along with these beneficial services, the conversion of natural ecosystems into heavily modified agricultural ecosystems is also a source of ... -
Impacts of Ethanol in Gasoline on Subsurface Contamination
(University of Waterloo, 2009-10-09)The increasing use of ethanol as a gasoline additive has raised concerns over the potential impacts ethanol might have on groundwater contamination. In North America, 10% ethanol is commonly being added to gasoline (termed ... -
Impacts of freeze-thaw processes on phosphorus release from a variety of cover crop species in a temperate climate
(University of Waterloo, 2018-04-30)Cover crops (CC) are grown by farmers as an agricultural best management practice (BMP) to improve soil health during the non-growing season (NGS), and potentially reduce soil erosion. Some managers have cautioned against ... -
The Impacts of Gameful and Interactive Technologies on Hindering or Promoting Self-regulation
(University of Waterloo, 2021-04-14)Self-regulation is the essential component of goal pursuit that allows us to make better decisions and resist temptation of unwanted desires, which ultimately impacts our well-being. It is essential to identify and ... -
Impacts of historical and projected climate changes on ice surfaces of the Tibbitt to Contwoyto Winter Road, Northwest Territories, Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2014-10-27)Seasonal ice and winter roads are a historically important part of the Canadian arctic transportation network. Constructed over frozen lakes, rivers, permafrost zones, and seasonally frozen ground, the roads service rural ... -
Impacts of Hydromodification and Sediment Supply Alterations on Bedload Transport and Bed Morphology in Urbanizing Gravel-bed Rivers
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-18)Urbanization is known to change the hydrologic and sediment supply regimes of rivers, causing more frequent, flashier flood events (hydromodification) and a reduction and redistribution of sediment sources. Presently, the ... -
Impacts of implicit normative evaluations on stereotyping and prejudice
(University of Waterloo, 2009-09-22)The present research examined how other people’s evaluations towards social groups will develop and how these evaluations will affect discriminatory behaviour outside of conscious effort. By living in a society people are ... -
Impacts of Low Temperature on the Teleost Immune System
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2017-11-22)As poikilothermic vertebrates, fish can experience changes in water temperature, and hence body temperature, as a result of seasonal changes, migration, or efflux of large quantities of effluent into a body of water. ... -
Impacts of Mixtures of Copper and 1,2-dihydroxyanthraquinone on Physiology and Gene Expression in Lemna gibba L.G-3
(University of Waterloo, 2008-08-21)Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and metals are co-contaminants of aquatic environments near industrial and urbanized areas. Mixtures could result in synergistic toxicity impairing macrophyte growth and potentially ... -
Impacts of Psychrophilic Conditions on Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactors Treating Municipal Wastewater
(University of Waterloo, 2019-05-27)Three 5 L AnMBRs that incorporated submerged ZeeWeed® hollow fibre PVDF membranes with a nominal pore size of 0.04 µm and a nominal membrane surface area of 0.047 m2 were employed. The AnMBRs were operated at a solids ...