Browsing University of Waterloo by Subject "India"
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Acceptability of Female Smoking and Smokeless Tobacco Use in Bangladesh and India
(University of Waterloo, 2014-11-10)Background: Smokeless tobacco has a long history in Bangladesh and India, where it has become normalized as a socially acceptable behaviour, but the same level of social acceptance does not apply to smoking, especially ... -
Addressing groundwater over-extraction in India: assessments, monitoring methods and interventions
(University of Waterloo, 2022-08-19)Groundwater is a vast distributed source of water that is critical for meeting the demands of various socio-environmental systems globally. However, the management of groundwater resources has proven to be challenging with ... -
Agricultural GMOs in India: Dimensions of influence in the politics and policy of Bt cotton and Bt brinjal
(University of Waterloo, 2013-01-15)This thesis looks at the divergent policy decisions on the commercial release of two genetically modified (GM) crops in India. Bt cotton was introduced in India in 2002, and has spread widely across the country, though not ... -
Conservatism and British imperialism in India: finding the local roots of empire in Britain and India
(University of Waterloo, 2015-09-30)This thesis explores the importance of political conservatism in shaping the ideological and political foundations of British imperialism in India between 1857 and 1914. From the Indian Revolt to the rise of Indian ... -
Far from Levelling the Playing Field: Understanding the Gender Differences in Venture Capital Financing in India
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-26)Despite all the government initiatives aimed at empowering women in India, women entrepreneurs continue to face significant financial challenges in the country. The women may gain access to debt capital, but they have ... -
India and the Neglected Development Dimensions of Bretton Woods
(2015-07-18)This paper helps correct two common misconceptions about the origins of the Bretton Woods institutions. The first is that the negotiations were primarily an Anglo-American affair in which developing countries had little ... -
India's biophysical economy, 1961-2008. Sustainability in a national and global context
(Elsevier, 2012-04-01)India's economic growth in the last decade has raised several concerns in terms of its present and future resource demands for materials and energy. While per capita resource consumption is still extremely modest but on ... -
The Mind of Modernity: Canadian Bilateral Foreign Assistance to India, 1950-60
(University of Waterloo, 2014-09-02)This dissertation examines the history of Canada’s early bilateral foreign assistance program to India between 1950 and 1960. With Canada’s decision to join the Colombo Plan for Co-operative Economic Development in South ... -
A Nation of Imaginaries: Negotiating India’s Collective Identity through Mughal Miniatures
(University of Waterloo, 2024-01-22)India is a nation of imaginaries. Through time, the subcontinent has been captivated by mystical and profane conceptions of collective identity which have inspired hope, fear, and belonging. Since 2014, the nation has been ... -
Perceptions of text and pictorial health warning labels for smokeless tobacco packages in Navi Mumbai, India, and Dhaka, Bangladesh: Findings from an experimental study
(University of Waterloo, 2016-03-10)Background: Globally, smokeless tobacco use is disproportionately concentrated in low-and-middle income countries like India and Bangladesh. Despite the growing evidence base linking smokeless tobacco use with adverse ... -
Social-ecological system change and adaptation: A case of Chilika lagoon small-scale fishery, India
(University of Waterloo, 2015-09-23)Coastal lagoons are highly productive ecosystems and many fisher communities depend on the ecosystem services for their livelihoods. Unfortunately, due to anthropogenic stressors these lagoons are undergoing severe ... -
Towards a more sustainable water future: water governance and Sustainable Development Goal 6 achievability in India
(University of Waterloo, 2018-01-03)Humans and the environment in which we live are deeply connected to one another. These interconnections allow for many positive benefits and are foundational to our ability to live on Earth, but also pose many challenges. ... -
War, Factionalism, and Civil-Military Tension: The Madras Army and the Company State in the Carnatic, 1767-1777
(University of Waterloo, 2018-05-23)This study explores how the Madras Army and its officers helped to shape the East India Company’s developing state in the Carnatic during the late 1760s and 1770s, and in particular it draws attention to their critical ... -
Women and Environmental Change: A Case Study of Small-Scale Fisheries in Chilika Lagoon
(University of Waterloo, 2017-01-24)In recent decades, many lagoons around the world have experienced environmental degradation resulting from impacts of various drivers of change (e.g., natural disasters and aquaculture). This has created adverse consequences ...