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The Economic Integration of Recent Immigrants to Canada: A Longitudinal Analysis of Dimensions of Employment Success
(University of Waterloo, 2009-06-22)The employment success of immigrants to Canada has been a primary focus of sociological research on immigrant integration. However, much of this research has examined the concept of “employment success” solely in terms ... -
Economic Model Predictive Control of Chemical Processes
(University of Waterloo, 2015-11-19)The objective of any chemical process is to transform raw materials into more valuable products subject to not only physical and environmental but also economic and safety constraints. To meet all these constraints in ... -
Economic Operation and Planning of Distribution System Sources
(University of Waterloo, 2010-04-29)This thesis presents the findings of some research carried out pertaining to economic operation and planning distribution systems. An optimal capacitor switching algorithm is developed for distribution system based on ... -
Economic Pricing of Mortality-Linked Securities
(University of Waterloo, 2012-09-26)In previous research on pricing mortality-linked securities, the no-arbitrage approach is often used. However, this method, which takes market prices as given, is difficult to implement in today's embryonic market where ... -
Economic Revitalization or the Creative Destruction of Heritage: A Case Study of Port Dalhousie at a Cusp
(University of Waterloo, 2008-05-14)Ontario, Canada’s most populous province enacted its Heritage Act in 1975. The Ontario Heritage Act enables municipalities to conserve built heritage in a number of ways, including instituting heritage conservation districts. ... -
Economic Sanctions and Nuclear Non-proliferation: A Comparative Study of North Korea and Iran
(University of Waterloo, 2021-01-14)The history of using economic sanctions to curb nuclear proliferation has had mixed results. The goal of this research project is to determine why economic sanctions are more effective in some cases than they are in others. ... -
Economic, Environmental, and Health Impact Analysis of Developing Hydrogen Economy in Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-21)The greatest challenge to the development of a cleaner energy system is economic issues. However, if the environmental and health externalities of the current energy system is considered, other energy alternatives become ... -
Economical and Environmental Impacts of Emission Mitigation in Petroleum Refineries
(University of Waterloo, 2015-09-21)Despite the large number of products produced by oil refineries, they are considered to be one of the main source of air contaminants including, sulphur oxides SOx, hydrocarbons, nitrogen oxides NOx and carbon oxide CO2, ... -
Economical and Environmentally Friendly Geocast Routing in Vehicular Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2013-08-30)The volatile world economy has greatly affected fuel prices, while pollution and gas emissions are increasing to negatively impact global warming. Rising fuel costs have made drivers more concerned about how much of their ... -
The Economics of Adaptive Reuse of Old Buildings: A Financial Feasibility Study & Analysis
(University of Waterloo, 2007-01-24)The debate about the financial feasibility of adaptive reuse is high among investors, planners, policy makers and heritage advocates. The old argument that it is more profitable to demolish the old brick box and replace ... -
Economics of Ramping Rate Restrictions at Hydro Power Plants: Balancing Profitability and Environmental Concerns
(University of Waterloo, 2014-08-01)This thesis consists of three essays on the economics of ramping rate restrictions at hydro power plants. The first essay examines the impact of ramping rate restrictions imposed on hydro operations to protect aquatic ... -
The Economics of Waste Clean-Up from Resource Extraction Projects: Environmental Bonds versus Strict Liability
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-08)This thesis contains three essays spanning the fields of environmental economics and investment in a non-renewable resource under uncertainty. All essays relate to the analysis of the clean-up of hazardous waste resulting ... -
The Economics of Water Conservation Regulations in Mining: An Application to Alberta's Lower Athabasca River Region
(University of Waterloo, 2020-04-21)Large demands for water by the mining industry are of increasing concern around the world and access to water is seen as a significant constraint on future mine development. Citizens, environmental groups and other ... -
Ecosystem oxygen metabolism in an impacted temperate river network: Application of the δ18O-DO approach
(University of Waterloo, 2013-04-22)Ecosystem metabolism is an important indicator of aquatic ecosystem function. This thesis concerns ecosystem metabolism as recorded by daily variation in dissolved oxygen (DO) and δ18O-DO in an impacted temperate river ... -
Ecosystem Services and Social Wellbeing Linkages: The Impact of a Marine Protected Area in Bluefields, Jamaica
(University of Waterloo, 2017-06-14)This thesis examines the linkages between ecosystem services (ES) and social wellbeing (SW) for a small-scale fishing community, and analyzes how these linkages have changed in relation to the implementation of a marine ... -
Ecosystem Services: Linking ecohydrology with economic valuation
(University of Waterloo, 2018-10-17)Economic valuation of ecosystem services has become a dominant model for environmental management at local, regional and global scales. However, policy-makers at all scales take these value estimates with a pinch of salt. ... -
Ecotourism and Community Development: Case Studies From Hainan, China
(University of Waterloo, 2002)Ecotourism is one of the fastest expanding tourism markets. It has received much attention in developing countries and economically impoverished regions around the world. As an agent of change, ecotourism has been ... -
Ecstatic Spaces
(University of Waterloo, 2011-01-17)The chant shakes the crowd, uncorking the energy of the masquerade. This is our stomping ground. Nothing can hold us back. We display ourselves, we play ourselves. Uncontrolled bodies pelt rhythmically. Bouncing backsides, ... -
EDA Solutions for Double Patterning Lithography
(University of Waterloo, 2012-08-30)Expanding the optical lithography to 32-nm node and beyond is impossible using existing single exposure systems. As such, double patterning lithography (DPL) is the most promising option to generate the required lithography ... -
Eddy Current Probes Design for Defect Detection in Metallic Parts Made by Additive Manufacturing Processes
(University of Waterloo, 2023-01-04)Non-destructive testing (NDT) is the method where an object or materials are being tested for any type of damage or features without harming the object during the process. There are different NDT techniques; in this ...